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A Very Tiny Christmas

Dec. 15 Living no comments
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The following is a excerpt from a local blogger published as a community service by Coma News.

A Very Tiny House Christmas

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Holiday Poetry by Micah Horncraft

And it came to pass in the tiny house of Horncraft, that Christmas was coming to his wood life raft.

Droves of relatives would come, as would presents and food, to fill every cranny with a sharp-elbowed brood.

There was no room for decoration, a sprig was the tree, but that is OK because Christmas love is for free.

Horncraft, whose wife now stays in a tent, remains ever hopeful that soon she’ll relent.

Relatives this year will stay in the barn, built by his teenage son with found wood and some yarn.

When first they moved into this house of constriction, teenage Sean responded with explosive anger and friction.

But survival instincts engaged and life skills did they grow, for a teenager’s hang out would help family harmony show.

Some help was provided to bring the new barn to life, through an army of contractors hired by Horncraft’s wife.

The barn has new plumbing, some heat, and surround, last week a 60-inch TV was found.

Now relatives can see a tiny Christmas’ no chore, as now the Horncraft family has room for so many more.

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Downsizing Family Conflict

Aug. 27 News no comments
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by Coma News Staff

Micah Horncraft doesn’t raise his voice at home anymore.

Despite that, every entreaty for his family to “get off the internet” and “stop typing on your iPhone” can be heard in every room of his house.
Horncraft’s new ability did not stem from his acquiring godlike omniscience but from him acquiring a tiny house.

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Sometimes a micro house can be so tiny you find you can’t fit in it. It is possible that a tent would be a better option for these people.

“My wife and I were looking for better ways to connect with our child and the only solution was a tiny house,” said Horncraft. “In a regular house you can run away from each other and slam doors. In a tiny house there’s nowhere to go unless you want to go outside to wash your clothes in the river.”
Horncraft and his wife, Cindy, became the first Coma owners of an 80 square foot tiny house this summer. The move was prompted, he said, by his desire to repair his marriage after accidentally selling his wife’s hair on eBay.
Horncraft hopes the close quarters also brings a closer relationship with his teenage son, Sean, who blames Horncraft for “ruining my life.”
“Yeah. It’s great,” Sean said about the new house. “I’ve started spending more time inside my car.”

Before micro living in a tiny house became popular people would simplify by living inside their cars.

Before micro living in a tiny house became popular people would simplify by living inside a car.

Other Coma residents have echoed Horncraft’s desire to unplug from technology and to return to a simpler time.

“Why not cut off devices and talk to one another?” Robert McGuiness wrote recently as his Facebook status.
Many of the Facebook responses to McGuiness rejected the idea that a great way to communicate would be face to face but some suggested that bringing back notebook paper notes might be a good ‘retro’ idea. Other Coma residents maintained note passing creates paper waste.
Micah said the first weeks of life in his tiny house have “gone great.”
“Communication is a lot clearer, and my wife and son have developed a tremendous love for the outdoors,” he said

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