An hour of stories, pictures and conversation sharing her years of simple living in what has been called "the world's favorite tiny house."
DAVENPORT, November 2, 2015 - For seven years Diana and Michael Lorence lived in an unelectrified, twelve-by-twelve-foot house they built themselves, hidden in the woods of Northern California, in a world lit only by fire. The Lorences will speak about the "Simple Joys of Small House Living" on Monday at 5:00 PM at the Davenport Public Library, Eastern Avenue Branch Library located at 6000 Eastern Avenue in Davenport, IA.
Three years ago Diana Lorence emerged from her seclusion with her first essay that has been read in over one hundred nations of the world. That essay begins, "Innermost House is the latest of many very small houses my husband and I have occupied over twenty-five years, all for the same reason-to make possible a simple life of reflection and conversation."
At Innermost House the Lorences heated their home, cooked their food, and boiled their water over an open fire, while illuminating the dark woodland nights with beeswax candles. "The fireplace is where our conversation begins, just as it began a million years ago when human language and domesticated fire were born together."
Facing the hearth on the other side of their seven-by-eleven-foot living room is a wall of favorite classic books. Ms. Lorence continues, "All of our books have been carefully chosen over the years as contributing something essential to our simple lives. It is strange that it was not until I saw them all together, illuminated by the fire at Innermost House, that I realized nearly every one was first written by firelight.
She reflects, "The currents of the world today flow against those who love and long for a truly simple life. Before we came to the woods I moved with my husband more than twenty times, always in search of the Innermost Life that finally grew out of our need.
"I have learned that simplicity for me lies in loving the one thing that matters most to me as if nothing else mattered at all. Having less in my life is part of the joy of small house living.
Innermost House has been judged the World's Favorite Small House, the Most Beautiful Tiny House in the World, and the Most Inspiring Small House Ever. Diana Lorence and her Innermost House have been featured in House Beautiful, Fine Homebuilding, The Oregonian, Mother Earth Living, Green Style, The Examiner, Furniture and Home Fashion, Yahoo and AOL Homepages, Kiplinger, Tiny House Blog, Fair Companies, and hundreds of websites, books and newspapers around the world in languages as distant as Turkish, Arabic and Pakastani, Japanese and Chinese.
Diana Lorence's husband, Michael, the designer and builder of Innermost House, is a graduate of Davenport Central High School in 1975. The Lorences' appearance in Davenport is generously made possible by the Davenport Public Library. Following the Presentation of The Joy of Small House Living - there will be reception at Rival Sports Bar & Grill at 1720 E. Kimberly
Road. Everyone is welcome.
To learn more about Diana Lorence's Innermost House, please visit www.innermosthouse.com.
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