An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

Our dome
cabin tent had a
carpet, air mattress,
plastic
drawers, and was
under a 10x20’
tarp tied to trees.
The kitchen was a
10x20’ tarp on a
metal frame with
tarp sides. It included
a propane
Steve working at the kitchen table.
refrigerator, counter top range, tables and chairs. Our
compost toilet was under a 10‘x10’ tarp with reed
sides. We collected rainwater from the tarps in garbage
cans for washing. Our shower was a pallet to
stand on, a five gallon bucket of water, and a yogurt
container to pour water over ourselves. We set up a
10x10 screened gazebo with a plywood floor that
served as a living room. Since we don’t have cell
phone reception, we had a landline telephone on a
hundred foot extension cord so it could be used in
any room because Jahnava worked as an on-call nurse
at a boarding school for troubled youth in Hilo.
I knew we could live like that based on my
previous experience here. Many people live similarly.
Before coming back here, I remembered the yurt I
stayed in on Hamakua side, and I researched them on
the internet. A building boom in Hawai’i caused land
and construction prices to sky rocket since we bought.
We designed a ranch style home, but found the cost of
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