A Van Nomad In The Making…

A Van Nomad In The Making…

Hey ya’ll, Shane here. I’ve got some pretty big news for you. As regular listeners will know, my preferred vonu strategy was and is minimalist sailboating — in other words, I want to sell all of my shit, buy a boat, and traverse the high seas. The only problem? I…

Dwelling Portably (May 1994 Issue)

Dwelling Portably (May 1994 Issue)

Below, you will find the shortest, and I believe to be, final publication from the batch we’ve been busy getting digitized–this one is called Dwelling Portably [sic], published by Bert and Holly Davis. To provide some background information, Bert and Holly pursued an interesting, and quite radical vonu lifestyle–for many…

Ocean Freedom Notes, 1984-1990

Ocean Freedom Notes, 1984-1990

Below, you will find another publication from the big batch we recently acquired–this one being Ocean Freedom Notes, a terrific collection of articles for anyone seeking freedom on the open ocean or on an uninhabited ocean island somewhere. There are plenty others like this to follow, only on different strategies…

TVP #24: Van Nomadism – Modern Gypsies

TVP #24: Van Nomadism – Modern Gypsies

Van nomadism (a.k.a van dwelling) was a popular strategy for vonuans early on and is even quite popular today among folks from different ideological persuasions–a quick YouTube search will garner hundreds if not thousands of results. That is the subject of today’s episode of The Vonu Podcast. Herein, Shane and…

Bus Rebuilding by Al Fry (VONULIFE, March 1973)

Bus Rebuilding by Al Fry (VONULIFE, March 1973)

Recently, I received a physical copy of VONULIFE, March 1973 and have been in the process of digitizing this 80,000+ word publication. As expected, it’s taking some time, but I figured I’d drop you another sneak peek. This article is by Al Fry, one of the main editors of VONULIFE,…