by Al Christensen | Feb 11, 2023 | California, Photography
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by Al Christensen | Feb 10, 2023 | Nomad Philosophy
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by Al Christensen | Feb 9, 2023 | Build-Outs, Storage
I WAS ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS FINISHED building out my van when I decided I wanted some type of shelf or cupboard above the bed to augment the storage under the bed and in the two cabinets I already had. And I didn’t want to be smacking my head on it whenever I got in...
by Al Christensen | Feb 8, 2023 | Nomad Philosophy
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by Al Christensen | Feb 7, 2023 | Beds
I’M SIX FEET TALL. For nearly my entire adult life I had slept on a queen-sized bed. I was a sprawler and I’d roll from one side to the other — because I always had the room for it. (Well, except for a few years when I shared a queen bed with a wife and three small...
by Al Christensen | Feb 1, 2023 | Health, Inspiration, Survival
IN THE SPRING OF 2019 I learned that what I thought was a persistent throat infection was actually a tumor on the base of my tongue. I would need radiation and chemotherapy. I would need to put my nomad life on hiatus. Maybe permanently. I had long wondered what I...
by Al Christensen | Jan 25, 2023 | Nomad Philosophy
“PEOPLE CRAVE MORE STABILITY AS THEY GET OLD.” So said a politician in an article I was reading. My reaction was, “Really? Well, maybe for a lot of people, but not for me.” I’m 70 years old and about ten years ago I got fed up with my lifetime of stability. Stability...
by Al Christensen | Jan 24, 2023 | Changes
MY BEST FRIEND and ex-nomad, Lou Brochetti, had been struggling with cancer, heart problems, stomach issues and arthritis for two years. I spent the past ten months with him, helping out in any way necessary. His body was falling apart and he could no longer do any of...
