If you’re getting this as an email and you’re clicking to read it, thank you! At the end there are some almost naked, almost political, almost thought provoking pictures of me as a reward, so keep reading!
I’ve been writing a memoir, and I don’t want to publish it. The thing about all good memoirs is that they’re intensely personal. Once they’re published, anyone can read all your intensely personal angst for $14 or whatever that you get like $2 of, and it sucks. I’m really grateful for Michelle Tea, Ruth Fowler, and all the people that have been willing to put themselves out there like that. I’m not. Right now, and probably ever.
The other thing about book writing, is that there is no interaction! When I wake up in the morning and look at what I wrote the night before there are no comments! I miss you guys! Even more than missing you guys, I wonder about the value of writing when it is done, and then read, in isolation with no interaction between the reader and writer. I’ve wanted to have a conversation with every single author who’s book I’ve read. And I’d like to have a conversation with everyone who reads anything I write, to at least know who they are and how my stories relate to or mingle with their lives.
But I don’t want to blog again, not like this. I really never want to make my life an open book on the anonymous internet ever again. It was great while I was doing it, but I also learned how it can change relationships when a town full of people you’ve known for years are suddenly given the url to your life (mostly, oddly, because a lot of people apparently have low reading comprehension, and they read A and then assume B, and tell your customers C and D).
What I want is to blog intensely and personally like I did here, but more privately.
And, maybe I just have an inflated sense of worth from stripping, but I feel like my unique experiences, weird passionate thought processes, and hopefully kind of good writing are worth something. Think of it like a serial novel or a book in progress that updates most days.
Here’s what I’m going to do – if you have stuff in common with me and I want you in my little internet world (like, if you’re a magical music making van dwelling stripper, or you’ve ever lived in a vehicle, or we’ve stripped together), or if I read your blog for free, or if you love me but have not so much money, you’ll get the password for free. For everyone else, the password will probably be like $5/month or $10/3 months.
Here’s the survey part: raise your hand (I mean, leave a comment) if you’d pay a few bucks a month to read my awesome writing about cabin living and stripping and berry picking and birch spirits and phone sex and ghosts and sugar daddies and beautiful weird people almost every day.
Okay, if you read this far, here’s your reward:
77 responses so far ↓
1 Susan // Feb 23, 2009 at 12:42 am
I’ll pay you! Or trade you whatever you’d like. I love you and I have some money for your words. I am also intrigued by this idea of yours and would love to see it succeed. Also, I know your stories are so, so worth it.
2 Snuff // Feb 23, 2009 at 12:59 am
Hi Hobostripper. Long time admirer, first time poster. I’ve loved your eclectic blog, and recommended it to many of my friends. I’ve also lived in a vehicle for 3 years, a Toyota Landcruiser 4wd, when my partner and I travelled around outback Australia 3 times. I don’t have much money these days, so I hope you’ll be kind enough to share the password with me. Ciao, and thanks.
3 Snuff // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:07 am
Hi Hobostripper. Long time admirer, first time poster. I’ve loved your blog, and recommended it to many of my friends. I’ve also lived in a vehicle for 3 years, a Toyota Landcruiser 4wd, when my partner, a nature photographer, and I, travelled around outback Australia for 3 years. I don’t have much money these days so I hope you’ll be kind enough enough to share the password with me. Ciao, and thanks.
4 Entelle // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:50 am
I would pay a small fee to keep reading your writing. I enjoyed the blog you had, enjoyed your unique perspective. i can see, in hindsight, your views helped me a great deal in developing a healthy attitude towards sex work. Sure, it’s not all roses, but I can bounce back.
Also, I quite enjoy your natural remedies. I read your post on lavender, and picked some up the next time I saw it. It does work for everything!
I miss checking up on your blog and seeing your perspective.
5 Carrot Quinn // Feb 23, 2009 at 2:21 am
Yessssss! We’re ushering in a new era, here. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s different than blogs as the world has known them, so far. The comments on my site about broke my heart, so I don’t think I could ever charge for my posts, especially since right now I’m not doing anything very interesting. But right before I gave up I decided that what would make the most sense would be to charge like a one-time fee- five bucks- for life. Because if you have enough readers, it’s still worth it, you know? And everyone can afford that.
I bet your readers would totes pay. They want you back! They’re still standing in the stadium, stomping their feet-
Also, if you’re actually going to use this thing, I guess I could change to a different theme… even though this is the best one.
6 Greencaller // Feb 23, 2009 at 2:29 am
Namaste! ^.^ I’ve been reading your blog well over a year now – stumbled upon it while looking for herbalists and also found my second love – van dwelling.
If I can manage it, I would love to pay to continue to follow your story. You are – and have been – living my dream. Your words have always inspired encouragement and wisdom, taught me tips and tricks (as well as just plain being a kick ass read, heh!). Thanks to your blog I now have completely different (and, I believe, a much more honest) view of strippers, sex workers, and really, sex in general.
I’ve always appreciated and looked forward to your posts, I only wish that I’d commented more to show it… And while I’m sad to see this blog go away, I’m also excited at you’re writing a memoir!
Your blog inspired me to take a huge leap of faith last year, when a crazy lovely friend of mine took off for California, hitchhiking and living in my car for almost two months. It changed both our lives, that’s for sure.
Now, my writing tends to be a bit long winded, but it’s a crazy story and you are MORE than welcome to check it out. ^.^
I would love to continue to read your own saga. So, lemme know. ^.^
Peace. <3
7 rubevigor // Feb 23, 2009 at 2:38 am
fucking priceless.
same goes for the value of the private serial blogging idea, which i’d pay for if i didn’t qualify for vehicle-dwelling, free-blogging, not-so-much-money-having (but tara-loving), magical musicaid (i hear you accept this in lieu of hard cash). i think it would be great. also, i think carrot is on to something, and you should definitely follow through with this “totes” concept, and print up some hobo stripper tote bags that we can all use at the grocery store and SAVE THE PLANET NO PROBLEM!
oh hey, how’s about “man fucks man”…
subject / verb / mr. object?
8 rubevigor // Feb 23, 2009 at 2:45 am
oh, and i’ve always admired your sense of self worth, and think we’d all do well with a little more of that kind of inflatability.
9 Calvin R // Feb 23, 2009 at 4:32 am
“What the hell is that?” A lot of fun if the man is me.
I’ll come up with $5 a month or $10 a quarter if need be. It’s worth it. I certainly miss your writing on the blog, and I agree about the two-way communication. It might have to wait until I’m working full-time again, though.
Of course, that’s only because you are your own unique self. I’m not paying for ordinary stuff I could get for free anywhere. You add something to any of that. The pictures above, for example. There are sexy pictures all over the Internet, but ones with style and imagination are another matter.
10 Jen // Feb 23, 2009 at 4:43 am
Well, HELL yeah! I’d pay!
11 Amy // Feb 23, 2009 at 5:09 am
As another free spirit who knows her worth, I’d more than gladly pay to read your story.
12 Justine // Feb 23, 2009 at 5:21 am
I just started reading your blog a couple a month or so ago. So I’m not sure. . .I probably will!!! Mmmmuah!
13 Carolyn // Feb 23, 2009 at 5:34 am
I’ve loved reading your stories. You have a wonderful way with words and I really do appreciate all you have to say and share.
All that said, I can’t say that I would pay for access to your blog. I understand your need for privacy and respect that. But with the economy what it is, I’d rather be able to pay for my internet in general than to read a single blog.
I hope everything works out well for you, and that you make the money you need for you to share your life with those able to pay for it.
14 Mark // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:25 am
I’ve only recently stumbled on your blog, but going back over your past entries, yes, of course I’d pay to continue reading. I pay to read books that aren’t half as good.
15 Sam // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:27 am
I love reading your blog, it’s an escape.. but I wouldn’t be able to pay.. I’m a SAHM with a special needs kid. So if I can’t read anymore I would like to thank you for giving me an escape for the past year or so every now and then!
16 Jessica Schmidt // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:31 am
I’ll happily “sponsor” you for $5 / month, I’ve always enjoyed your writing and I think that what you do is fascinating. My own life was grounded at a very young age — teen-aged motherhood has a way of doing that — and I enjoy living vicariously through someone who can fly freely. (That, and I haven’t the temperament for it anyway.
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17 Tina // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:49 am
I would absolutely come up with the money somewhere. I enjoyed reading your blog & was very sad to see it end. Through you, I’ve gotten into herbalism. Through your blog, I’ve learned to love my body more. I don’t do anything super special but, my friend Anita and I are crafters and just vended our first big faire this past weekend. We’re going to make a variety of stuff, but have started off with chocolate roses and clay devil horns. I met the most interesting people at The Wicked Faire in NJ. If we branch out and do more faires, maybe I’ll start a photo blog. Anyways, count me in
18 Susie // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:57 am
Well, of COURSE.
19 Sarah // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:02 am
I’d pay!
20 James NomadRip // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:23 am
I only recently found your site through vandwellers, so I haven’t commented much. But I enjoy your writing, hope you keep it up, and it is worth paying for.
21 Maeg // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:43 am
Pay for HoboStripper? You fucking betcha. How much…
I’m unemployed at the moment, so I wouldn’t be able to pay much. I’ve paid one-time-fees in the past without a problem, similar to Carrot Quinn’s idea. Maybe quarterly, but I doubt I could handle monthly.
I still think that paying is worth it though.
22 Akiko // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:45 am
I’ll be honest: even $40 a year is a LOT to me. It would be hard coming up with the dough. But I completely agree with your feelings on memoirs and the consequences of being so open to absolutely everyone, near and far. So, maybe making this a smaller world could make it easier for you *and* your audience to be more open with each other, which would be great. Readers could share their stories in response to yours without worrying about the wrong people piecing together their identity from the details (I’m trying to figure this out for my own blog right now too). This could be a good thing for sure, and I do like your offering a fee waive or trade/exchange thing for all those who don’t have the 40-60 bucks.
23 Laurie // Feb 23, 2009 at 8:03 am
Yes I would pay! I LOVE your writing! and I like the idea of you getting some $$ for it. I’m working on an idea for a blog where i”d get paid a bit for it, so hell ya!
24 Tiffany // Feb 23, 2009 at 8:35 am
Yes, I’d definitely pay to read your blog. I’ve been reading it for about a year now, and I feel like I miss you, although we’ve never met.
25 Ginger // Feb 23, 2009 at 8:43 am
I will pay!
26 piers // Feb 23, 2009 at 8:43 am
I miss reading about your life and your crazy insights and observations. I learnt stuff from reading you that I otherwise wouldn’t know, and I carry that with me. So, yes, I’d pay something to read more about what’s going on in your head and in your wild places.
27 Megan M. // Feb 23, 2009 at 9:03 am
ABSOLUTELY. I’ve just adored the stuff you’ve written in the past, and itched to read more – if I have funds available, I’m in.
28 Robin // Feb 23, 2009 at 9:36 am
I would really love to be a part of your private, blogosphere. It was you that inspired my own blog and still do. I’m still working on my thesis about sex work as a form of resistance against patriarchy, again, inspired by you, which I would love for you to read after much revising that it needs. I don’t have very much money, but I would pay to read about your world. And yes, it is worth something, it’s priceless.
Of course I would love to get the password for free. I never had the pleasure of stripping with you when I used to strip, I haven’t lived in a van but I have lived in a tree house if that counts for anything.
29 Peter // Feb 23, 2009 at 10:04 am
Always enjoyed reading your perspective on life and all it’s little issues. You live your life so differently than most people do and it’s neat to see someone who’s not afraid to be different.
I enjoy your blog very much but…. I’ve been living on welfare for four years while fighting disability claims and there just isn’t any money left over for nicities. I’m not getting bills paid as it is, just wouldn’t be proper to spend money I don’t have.
Take care.
30 Jenny // Feb 23, 2009 at 10:04 am
I can barely afford to eat so I don’t really have the means to pay… but you words have always given me a lot of hope and comfort. I hope I can keep reading your lovely writing!
31 treesa // Feb 23, 2009 at 10:09 am
I’m sooo excited to see you’re writing again. I could technically afford the cash to read your writing, and would pay if pressed, but as an unvandwelling college student who’s medication is $1500 a month, in addition to dumbass CA budget financial aid cuts, I’d love the free password if you’d be so kind. I can pay you in musical bell-poems! (see blog
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You and some other ladies are the whisper of wilderness, balanced ferocity-medicine I need in mah citycitydislabeled, and if you’re going to start bloggin again I’m not giving that up. Big big love from the SF Bayrea <3
32 treesa // Feb 23, 2009 at 10:13 am
ergh. ***citycitydislabeled life.
33 Kunal // Feb 23, 2009 at 10:54 am
hey
really like your writing.
I am a poor writer in India and just started with my first job and make about 320 dollars a month.
Also i have no credit card to pay with.
I can has free passwd? And I do not need the pictures.
34 Anna // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:09 am
Yes! Although sometimes real life gets to me and I think before I make a purchase, so I might not buy immediately – hopefully I can read the archives!
35 misstasty // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:12 am
Yesss! I’m not rolling in cash, but believe in supporting fellow artists as much as possible. So yes, I would pay to read your blog memoir whenever I had the funds. You are a wild, wonderful, inspiring, eloquent woman and I’d love to read more.
36 anonymous // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:35 am
I would love to read your memoir. I don’t know about paying over and over again, though.
I would absolutely pay a one-time fee of $15 or $20 to have access to read the whole thing online, at my leisure.
But if I paid every few months and it took like 3 years for you to finish writing it, I would end up paying more to read it online than I would for an actual paper book, which seems like a bad deal for me, even though I like you. If it ended up costing me $50 to read your memoir, I’d feel ripped off.
That said, I think your writing is kickass and your life is fascinating, I really miss this blog, and would love to read your memoirs. So glad to hear you’re considering writing them! Good luck!
37 Mtnmama // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:39 am
As a homeschooling mama who is seriously just a paycheck away from homeschooling in a van, I just can not swing any money. We live on the barest of minimums as it is in order to keep our children from the wretched claws of the public school system and provide them with a good education. Internet is our one splurge since educating on a budget would be so much harder without it.
However, I would be willing to barter for a coveted password. We have a nice collection of books with a little something on just about everything. Just let me know what you like and I could give you a list to choose from.
If not, the best of luck to you in your stripper, phone sex, van dwelling, berry picking life.
It’s been great fun!
38 Tea // Feb 23, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Hi!
i would pay you! for sure! i miss your writings. I stumbled upon this blog when i was going through the hardest time of my life – reading your joy helped me find mine. (i emailed you once, but we never met up – i’ve always meant to apologize for that. i’m working on repairing what fell apart during aformentioned bad time. so belatedly: so sorry about that).
good luck!
39 Bast // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I sure would pay. I stumbled on your blog by accident (or maybe not such an accident, if one believes in higher powers) and have enjoyed what I’ve had a chance to read so far.
40 Chris Harne // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I’d feel blessed to read as much honesty and truth as you are willing to share. Thanks, dude.
41 HoboStripper // Feb 23, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Yay, I’m glad you guys don’t hate me for charging! Okay, I’m investigating paypal and ccbill and alertpay and stuff and trying to figure out whether to do it here or in a whole new place, and it will probably start March 1st.
42 Lizzie // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:01 pm
I will shell out five bucks on a student budget to keep getting my dose of Tara.
43 Andrea Harris // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I love your stuff too, though I don’t read as often as I should. I’d gladly pay if I had a job — right now I’m unemployed and planning to move up north (though not as far north as Alaska, not just yet) in May, so I have little extra $$$. However, I might just be able to swing a few bucks a month. I do know that Paypal has a “subscribe” function for blogs and other websites. There’s also something called Tipjoy, where people can leave small amounts of money, but the last I checked that only got you an Amazon gift card once you reached a certain dollar amount.
44 d // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:19 pm
you aren’t writing books like michelle tea because you are too lazy and insecure to do the work involved in getting published. it’s funny how you are pretending this insecurity is something deeper. good luck, though!
45 Jenna // Feb 23, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Yes, I would pay to read your writing! I don’t have much cash and would love to barter….I, to, am a homeschooling mama and am planning on taking the plunge into homesteading in the near future.
I have really enjoyed your transporting mislets and am eager for you to bring them forth again.
46 Lizzy // Feb 23, 2009 at 8:22 pm
It’s be hard for me to come up with it, if last year is any indication of my money, but I’m at least theoretically willing to pay.
47 EL // Feb 23, 2009 at 8:28 pm
D^ that’s pretty rude and mean. Do you understand the concept of getting what you give? So, you realize your mean spirit will comeback tenfold? If she was lazy, she wouldn’t be writing at all. If she was insecure, she wouldn’t be a blogger, OR a stripper. That’s probably the biggest oxymoron I’ve read yet! Bwahahaha. LOL. Thanks for my nightly laugh, d.
48 Renee // Feb 23, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Tough call… It’s definitely worth paying for, but I, being a compulsive and omnivorous reader, and a major spendthrift, love blogs being free. My motto these days: If I don’t spend it I don’t need to earn it. So, possibly?
49 carrot quinn // Feb 23, 2009 at 11:42 pm
TA-RA! TA-RA! TA-RA! (sound of stomping feet)
50 Shajtana // Feb 24, 2009 at 6:39 am
Hi!
I just found your blog about a week ago and I was so fascinated that I couldn’t stop reading it for about three hours. So please don’t lock (r make it payable) it just yet because now I’m really not in a position to affort luxuries like this.:)
51 Issa // Feb 24, 2009 at 8:57 am
I love the idea of you getting exactly what you want out of your writing. I would probably not pay for it, simply because I am squeaking by earning about $50 a month and relying on others for the rest. Maybe I fall into the free category? You read my blog AND I used to live in a van!
Either way, though, I hope your project turns out just the way you want it to.
Man fucks woman: I get the point about that, as it relates to the larger society, the way people talk to each other in movies/books/etc, general sexism, and one-way downhill violence. However, in my life/language woman-fucks-man isn’t an odd phrase at all with me or with my larger circle of friends. I say (as a woman to a man) “I want to fuck you,” or when telling a friend, “I fucked him.” My male partners will say to me, “Fuck me,” or “Thank you for fucking me.” It’s also flipped the other way, too, sometimes, as well as “We fucked,” or ‘Let’s fuck.”
52 leafnest // Feb 24, 2009 at 1:54 pm
i love the pictures. so awesome.
i would scrape together the money to pay to read your blog, but i see my “house”mate already commented above, so hopefully we could get a free pass. xo.
53 Aurora // Feb 24, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Love your writing, your stories and the whole caboodle. Was a professional domina and dabble in herbal remedies, potions, lotions etc. No money for a subscription, but if that changes I would be happy to contribute. I am hesitant to blog because of my concerns about privacy. That could change too.
54 Aisha // Feb 24, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Tara this is such wonderful news! I found your blog just before it ended. I read it from start to finish in a couple of days. I fell in love with your life. When you stopped blogging, I felt like I had lost something wonderful.
55 Colleen OReilly // Feb 25, 2009 at 8:40 am
Tara!
Hey, It’s Colleen from SW.
I regret that I’ve never had the pleasure of working with you, although it has been my fantasy for years to work the upper Midwest like you did. I love your blog, and I have really missed reading it.
I could afford a one-time fee out of my Southern Charms money, but I don’t think I could justify an ongoing subscription. Like Sam above, I am one financial disaster away from homeschooling my kid in a van.
So if you can do a one-time fee, I would gladly pay it. Otherwise, I will really miss you.
Best,
Colleen
56 Melissa // Feb 25, 2009 at 9:40 am
Long time lurker, occasional commenter here.
Personally, I would love it if you were to keep blogging and I’d love to keep reading. BUT (and there’s alwys a but) right now I’m kinda poor and unsure if I could swing paying for the priveledge of reading your yummy yummy words every month. Soooo, I could barter with you if you’d be interested in an arrangement like that. I knit and make tasty jam.
57 Honey // Feb 25, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Tara!
I’ve missed your writing so much, and can totally justify a couple bucks here and there to keep reading it.
I hope you are well and happy and full of good stories.
xo,
Honey
58 Magz // Feb 25, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I think getting your fans to pay for your blog is a great idea. I completely understand why it would be better to blog to a smaller community of people who love you, but if you’re asking for readers two cents I’ll give you mine.
I read your blog a few months ago and found it so enchanting I scrawled through all the back posts and still check up here occasionally to see if you’ve written anything new. But having said that I wont be paying for a subscription, and don’t need money enough to beg for your passwords – I’d feel too bad.
I’d keep a new post up couple of months or so to keep this link alive (I’m sure a lot of people have commented in other places with links to “hobostripper” and it would be a good way to keep getting new subscribers to your pay as you go website.)
I think another idea to do as well would be to do articles for sale on various topics, like how to live in a van, the best attributes of the states you travelled in, and some of the most outrageous and moving stories from stripping.
I hope life treats you well and good luck in your new endeavours.
59 alison // Feb 26, 2009 at 12:43 am
I love reading your blog. you have a precise and photo-like way with words. I have stripped, and have lived in a car, but not at the same time.
I also enjoy writing, and would like to continue reading whatever it is you’d like to talk about. I would be willing to pay for any good blog material, though i’m a bit lacking in the plastic department. Thanks for sharing your insights..
60 LL // Feb 26, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I’ve actually read your entire blog but never once commented. I love your stripper stories.
You should be compensated for the work you do, most definitely.
I, unfortunately, can’t offer money- but I’m a semi-professional illustrator and will trade you drawings.
Let me know!
61 tornadogrrrl // Feb 26, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Since I am currently an unemployed vagabond I don’t have much to offer for barter, and wouldn’t be able to pay the subscription fee until I am once again employed and have a steady place to live.
I would love to keep following your words, though. Would the archive of all the things that you post protected be available for people who are only able to pay at some point in the future? Or will they disappear after some amount of time up?
62 Allie // Feb 26, 2009 at 9:32 pm
That’s awesome. I’d pay you if I weren’t a broke-ass-student-two-night-a-week-stripper, but I’d happily trade you all my strange recipes. Or commiseration on oddities in the club.
63 clickclackgorilla // Feb 27, 2009 at 3:48 am
Wow. Good idea. I would love to read it, but couldnt afford to pay anything for it at the moment. However if you do ever travel through Germany i could offer you a warm guest wagon to stay in. It’s no van or little cabin in the woods, but well, still pretty fantastic.
64 Jin // Feb 27, 2009 at 11:44 am
I think you have good instincts and will be able to easily decipher who can afford to pay and who should get the pw free. I’m currently living with my parents and we recently cancelled our health insurance because money is so tight. I’d really like to continue reading (I’m not sure if your’e aware of how inspiring you are to a lot of people) but if I can’t get the pw, I understand – you’re not exempt from tough times either!
65 Gabi // Feb 27, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I would so pay some money, but would rather trade Appalachian organic farmer sometimes-sex worker former and future bus-dweller stories. Because that seems more fun than money. But for as long as money lasts as a system, it is more translatable into things other than shared thoughts. Though shared thoughts and their text translations are….
yehp rambling. I’m glad i check this site from time to time.
66 definenormal // Feb 27, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I definitely see the need for paying for access to things. Right now newspaper after newspaper seem to be shutting their doors due to online content being free. Writing, researching, publishing all take effort an energy just like any other job, so why not get paid? My only suggestion is to also make an annual option available for those of us with CRS; I can’t remember where my glasses are when they’re on my head, having to remember to pay less often is a good thing. =)
67 Arcy // Feb 28, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Dear Tara, Your blog has been a mind opener, for sure. Since I am barely computer literate, I have never bought anything with the computer and haven’t a clue how to do it and don’t know how to keep my computer secure if I did want to buy something that way. So, thanks for all the insights you’ve given me so far. I miss checking your blog to see what else you could teach me. Arcy
68 aunt bear // Mar 1, 2009 at 7:01 am
…still a few year away from retirement so I can afford to contribute.Thank you.Can I send a check? You are so worth it!
69 Panda Dog // Mar 1, 2009 at 11:54 am
Hi again,
I love your writing so i’d go 60$ for 6 months, since thats my “extra” money right now.
70 Dane // Mar 1, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Hi Tara,
I could pay $5/month to keep reading your wonderful blog. I’ve found it insightful, funny, and full of fabulous commentary.
Also, I could give you recipes, or fairy tales, in exchange for a password.
Thank you for writing, and for continuing to write (albeit to a smaller audience)!
Cheers,
~Dane
71 clare // Mar 2, 2009 at 5:13 am
i’ve always been too shy to comment before, but i really enjoy your writing and missed reading when you stopped updating your blog, so i’d be happy to pay!
72 Ms. Southwind // Mar 2, 2009 at 6:54 am
Tara, i have loved reading your blog for a couple of years now. I also enjoyed the tips and posting you wrote in van dwellers. I don’t live in my van but in my RV. Unforuntally with the economy the way it is, i can not pay to read your blog. I want to thank you for the time i spent following your blog. I really enjoyed reading about your adventures through life. Good luck
73 Milica // Mar 3, 2009 at 11:40 am
Love your blog. Inspiring, amazing. It refreshes my faith in humanity and gives me an arsenal of new ideas.
I’m a casual blog reader in general and won’t commit to a monthly fee – I’m also cheap as hell.
I’ll miss your blog. If I change my mind I’ll come and find you and dish it out.
Every now and then I think about what you said about listening to the dirt. I think of you and your cabin and your loving dog and your wonderful relationship with the river and nature.
I think I’d be alright if I quit my job and travelled around the country in a van with my boyfriend playing pool for money…
I DO hope you keep your current blog up and running so I have a place to refer to for your stories and lessons.
Thanks for everything!!! Great luck!
74 Trystan // Mar 8, 2009 at 11:05 pm
I found your blog in January, after you had ended it. I wanted to start dancing, and I found you. The strangest stripper resource I could have found, because you love things close to my own heart.
I have also lived in a van, though with a boy, and only for 3 months. But i’ve lived out of a backback here and there. I know the feeling of earth between my toes. I know the feeling of being a little bit different, a little bit wilder.
Now, I have been dancing since january, trying to survive in a big city, trying to compete with pretty barbie dolls. I meet people, I write, though my blog is never my best writing. (how do you write better blogs?)
I came back to re-read your advice for increasing one’s earnings, and lo-and-behold you have some content! joy joy joy!
anyways, sometimes I have money to donate, and sometimes I don’t. you know the way of intermittent cash flow. I hope on friday I can sign up for your delightful writing. (and purchase that picture I’m dying to see of you all strippered-up
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75 Suki // Mar 10, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I would totally pay to read about your life.
I have loved reading Hobo Stripper, I find you to be an inspiration in my everyday life, and thanks to you, I’ve found a new way of looking at the beauty in my life, my world, and myself.
76 UFT // Mar 21, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I would a small fee to read about your life, i have enjoyed reading your blog every scince i found it and i agree i think blogs should be private for the reasons you mentioned . I am so glad you are not living a van full time and you actually have a homestead to go to In todays time the gestapo i meant the police are so bad it just makes sense to have something of your own. I tell myself that having a home is more reason to travel because i can always have a place to rest if i become deathly sick or injured. I love your blog and will continue coming back for more .
77 xdbfx // Mar 26, 2009 at 8:03 pm
typical i find this and yer not doing it anymore oh well happy wanderings wherever your path goes….
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