The Fortune Cookie has been getting a lot of buzz lately. A few days ago, Steven over at Tiny House Swoon gave me some love. Steven also runs Tiny House Listings and was the first person to ever feature The Fortune Cookie and I. Thank you Steven for all the love, I doubt I would have nearly all the traffic that I do without you giving me such good press.
After Steven posted a link to the Tiny House Swoon article on Facebook, my recent post ‘A Story About Living Small’ went pretty viral. That post has well over 5,000 views now! If you recall, my highest blog post viewing had been just over 1k year-to-date. Needless to say, I was ecstatic! I am also totally stoked that Merete and Christopher from the documentary TINY: A Story About Living Small got some press via that post. Merete was even sweet enough to link to my blog post on Facebook. Which then Kent from Tiny House Blog also shared my blog post on Facebook. You’re both rad, thank you.
A big thanks to all of my readers, new or old. I am flattered that so many of you have stopped by and read my blog. Some of you have even done so repeatedly! It is a bit humbling knowing that my posts are read by so many people. This month has been my highest traffic month to date! I cannot thank all of you enough.
Needless to say, Abel was a bit excited. Here Abel is pictured holding a Lloyd Kahn book ‘Builders of the Pacific Coast’
Now I have even more exciting news! Lloyd Kahn, yes THE Lloyd Kahn sent me an e-mail asking for pictures as well as a story about The Fortune Cookie. I did not realize who it was with our first e-mail exchange. By the second e-mail I was like “Oh… my …..God…” and geeked out for a bit. I immediately sent Abel a message, as I figured he would be excited too.
Abel was left breathless, seeing as Lloyd Kahn has been a major inspiration to him. We both danced around happily. On top of all of it Lloyd is mailing me out a copy of Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter which I cannot wait to sink my teeth into. I have wanted a copy of this book for years, but had not managed to purchase it yet.
I asked Lloyd when he needed pictures by and got in touch with Scott Haydon to bring him on board for this project. I blame him for the success of my recent viral post. His beautiful photography work brought out the magic of my house. Scott is popping by mid-August and we are going to do another shoot of my house. This time getting a lot more interior shots.
Lloyd asks that I submit a story with my photos. 200 – 300 words or more if the story is really good. I stink at short descriptions. If you were to describe my story to someone, how would you tell it? Leave me a comment below!
~Kera
Your tiny home sets you apart from others as it has a mystical look to it. It reminds me of a house in a fairytale or the Berenstain Bears’ home in those children’s books. It’s a storybook house! A little more refined than a Hobbit House, but perfect for the big woods and forests of Washington State. I feel like I should be listening to flute music when I read your blog.
I listed to New Age music a lot in my house and have a strange affinity for wooden and glass flutes, and I played a flute in my youth… I think about picking one up again every so often. So that doesn’t seem to out of place.
Stone says my house reminds him of an Elven Church. I like that idea.
I love my fairy tale house.
Oh, and CONGRATULATIONS!!! That’s awesome news!
Thanks!
Kera: Fed up working thankless hours at a bank for 6 years, Kera put in her two week notice, and set sail upon the sea that conventional notions overlooked. She drew her small retirement fund, gave away loads of material belongings, took her shih-tzu first mate in her arms, and commissioned a very small house that is hugely dreamlike. Abel Zyl Zimmerman, of Zyl Vardos in Olympia WA, designed the house. It was a pipe-dream of a little sketch when he first showed it to Kera, but she said, “Go!” And after 6 1/2 months of sawdust, sweat, and tears… the Fortune Cookie was made reality.
(i could go on…)
Oh, that’s good Abel. Make that almost 8 years. LOL. But otherwise bang on. It kinda was a pipe dream. I totally saw your vision and trusted you completely. You went above and beyond of my expectations. At one point, I realized I had no idea what I was actually going to end up with other than the shape… but for some reason that never bothered me.