Re: [Marxism] Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate review

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 11:48 AM, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://www.newsday.com/search/ny-trarm5254647jun17,0,7881375.story
> THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELER
> Inspired to retire early and hit the road
> Spencer Rumsey
> spencer.rumsey@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate: An Economist's Travelogue,"
> by Michael D. Yates (Monthly Review Press, monthlyreview .org; $15.95)
>
> Put the words "economist," "cheap" and "travelogue" together in one
> title, and I'm intrigued.

The following letter was published in today's New York Times:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/opinion/lweb25possessions.html?ref=opinion>

The New York Times
May 25, 2008
Letter
A New Freedom, Without All That Stuff

To the Editor:

I read the May 17 news article "Imagine No Possessions" with special
interest. My wife and I gave almost all our possessions away seven
years ago when I retired. We packed the rest in our old Plymouth
minivan and hit the road.

We've been on it ever since, living everywhere from Amherst to Tucson
and staying for months on end in cheap motels and cooking our meals on
a hot plate. I even wrote a book about it.

Living simply and without truckloads of material things is easier than
you might think and more gratifying than we ever imagined. Best of
luck to Aimee and Jeff Harris.

Michael D. Yates
Ford City, Pa., May 17, 2008

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