Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.4.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Where Are We Going And Why Am I In This Handbasket? nomadic adventures during a slow-motion apocalypse ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.handbasket.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Cigarette stink was a dealbreaker until today](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/11/17/acquisition-proverbial-handbasket/) - I looked at so many RV ads that i immediately closed at the word "smoke." If i'm exposed to heavy smoke residue, my throat swells—not like anaphylaxis, but just enough to give me laryngitis. Which is worse in one way: there's no handy cure you can plunge into your thigh. The ad for this RV - [Goodbye to the trusty rustbucket](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/11/18/hello-world/) - The first RV i bought didn't work out. I knew that before i started this blog, but i also knew i was going to need to refer to that one, so here's the TL;DR: I bought an 18' 1987 Class C Winnebago Itasca with a Chevy 350 in it I knew the living space part - [Cory is a freelance bibliophile and friendly goblin](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/10/01/cory-is-a-freelance-bibliophile-and-friendly-goblin/) - I could be accurately described as buoyant, imaginative, terribly dressed, open-minded, humorous, community-oriented, ethically non-monogamous, overly literal, more interested in hanging out with animals than people, and often "wow, shorter than i expected." I've been in a committed relationship with the dude on the left for 24 years, but everyone thinks we're brothers because we - [my dogs don't know how to drive](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/10/17/my-dogs-dont-know-how-to-drive/) - So i will have to do all the driving, as soon as i get my driver's license. Which i don't have and have never had. Yeah, it's comical. A dude who can't drive moving into a vehicle! (I can drive, just, you know, not legally yet.) I'm partly blogging this because it will be really - [Deep cleaning my new house with my mom](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/11/22/handbasket-coincidence-cleaning/) - My partner was lucky enough to find a travel trailer in excellent condition. It had been used once a year by the first owners, when they stayed at the fairgrounds, and then taken on one camping excursion by the people who sold it to us. We'll clean it, but we don't need to. It was - [The fix list, or "omg living in a vehicle isn't necessarily going to be much cheaper"](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/11/27/the-fix-list-or-omg-living-in-a-vehicle-isnt-necessarily-going-to-be-much-cheaper/) - I'm working on a comprehensive list of all the repairs and improvements i'd like to make to the Handbasket, organized by priority. I'm well aware that none of this will work out the way i plan, lol, and i know i'll keep adding to it, but here's what i got so far: 1. Safety and - [Watson is an elderly chupacabra who wears couture and rides in a backpack](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/11/28/watson-is-an-elderly-chupacabra-who-wears-couture-and-rides-in-a-backpack/) - Important facts about Watson: Favorite foods: frozen beef soup bones, pumpkin puree, freeze-dried fish, and he will absolutely steal an entire-ass stick of butter if you leave it where he can reach it Favorite activity: peeing on that he thinks now belong to him, making blanket volcanoes where he is the lava, and car rides - [Cedar is a bumbling marshmallow with a full heart and an empty skull](https://www.handbasket.org/2025/11/30/cedar-is-a-bumbling-marshmallow-with-a-full-heart-and-an-empty-skull/) - So far, there is no language in which you can tell Cedar "no one likes you to lick their butthole" and have him understand you. - [Ugly-ass 1990s Wallpaper, You Are Sentenced To Death By Bwoooorrorrrr](https://www.handbasket.org/2026/02/27/ugly-ass-1990s-wallpaper-you-are-sentenced-to-death-by-bwoooorrorrrr/) - My goal is to paint the walls white and then cover them in stickers. I have an enormous sticker collection i've never used, and i'm obviously going to hoard them until i die if i don't put them on the Handbasket. The obstacle is the 1990s wallpaper, which is already chipping off around the door. ## Pages - [Why Am I Doing This Crazy Nomad Thing?](https://www.handbasket.org/why-am-i-doing-this-crazy-nomad-thing/) - Everyone has questions about my housing solution. Some of them are emotionally taxing for me to answer, and probably shouldn't be anyone's business but mine. However, i'm trying to be really open about this situation and process—partly because it's more common than you probably realize. The U.S. Census Bureau found that between 2019 and 2023, - [❥](https://www.handbasket.org/heart/) - "Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." — Helen Keller - [Sample Page](https://www.handbasket.org/sample-page/) - This is an example page. 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