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- Why We Chose Voluntary Simplicity — Sometimes There Is No Tomorrow
- What is the Difference Between Simple Living & Voluntary Simplicity?
- Taking That First Step
- Making Living Green a Habit
- Overcoming the Paralysis of Too Much Analysis
- Discovering Your “Enough”
- Some Thoughts on Avoiding GMOs
- Learning To Say No
- That Very Ordinary Life
- Sometimes It Takes a Closer Look
- Are You Tired of the Noise?
- But I Think an Intangible Something Has Been Lost
- Can Credit Cards Be Used Responsibly?
- An Easier Way to Wash Dishes
- Some Thoughts on Staying Home
- Two Resolutions That Can Change Your Life
- The Wood-Burning Cook Stove In My Kitchen
- When You Give The Gift Of A Smile
- Things I Have Learned About Cooking & Baking with a Wood Stove
- Does Frugality Mean You Shouldn’t Have Nice Things?
- Being Sensible About Frugality
- Rethinking Multitasking & The Myth of Quality Time
- Some Thoughts About Staying Motivated
- About This Blog (And About Me) FAQ
- Some Thoughts on Accepting Personal Responsibility
- Homemade Laundry Detergent — Yes Or No?
- What Living in the Moment Means To Me
- Downshifting To A Simpler Life
- There Is No One Way To Do Simple Living Right
- A Simplicity Anyone Can Live With
- A Simple Country Life
- Keeping a Photograph… Purging the Item
- How To Be Happy In A Mostly Unhappy World
- What True Frugality Is… and What It Is Not
- What Voluntary Simplicity Is NOT
- Accomplishing What Needs To Be Done… Efficiently, Quickly, and With As Little Stress As Possible
- What We Don’t Say
- Seeing the Sunshine and a Happier You
- The Importance of Learning To Care
- LESS Stuff Doesn’t Equal Happiness Either
- How You Choose To Spend Your Time
- Some Thoughts About Raising Free Range Chickens
- The Biggest Obstacle to a Simpler, Truly Fulfilling Life
- Have Necessities Become Luxuries Because of the Recession?
- Learning To Slow Down
- Making the Most of Those Lifestyle Challenges
- Achieving a Simpler Life — Step 1: Track Your Spending
- Practicing the Golden Rule
- Does the Electric Company Really Need My Social Security Number?
- Organizing, Decluttering, And Purging
- Some Thoughts About Voluntary Simplicity
- Our Journey To A Debt Free Life
- It’s The Simple Things That Count
- Decluttering and Purging
- Waking Up to a Clean Kitchen
- 6 Quick Steps to a Clean Living Room
- As Long As You Derive Inner Help and Comfort...
- The Promise of Each New Day
- Why Would Anyone Deliberately Choose a Simple Life?
- Coping with a Power Outage
- Write It On Your Heart That Every Day is the Best Day in the Year
- What Do Hosta Flowers Look Like?
- Happiness Is the Result of My Decision to Be Happy
- The Impact of Attitude on Life
- How Far You Go In Life...
- One In, One Out vs. Purging for a Reason
- Learn to Enjoy Every Minute of Your Life
- Do I Really Want Another Dishwasher?
- Visual Proof That Nothing Is Impossible
- Seeing The Beauty That Is Already There
- Procrastinating is a Habit... Nothing More
- This Is To Have Succeeded
- A Toad in the Hand
- Seriously... Doesn't That Look Like a Smile?
- Except For That One Year and That One Heron...
- Keep Close to Nature's Heart
- The Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone
- The Apple Trees in Our Meadow... Heirloom or Wild?
- Success, Like Happiness, Cannot Be Pursued
- I Think Contentment is Almost a Default Characteristic
- Note That This Journey is Uniquely Yours
- Except For Those Two Times When We Dug Up Something Else...
- Why the Extreme Cold and Snow Doesn't Seem All That Important Any More
- How Do Your Living Expenses Compare with the IRS’s Allowable Living Expense National Standards?
- Organic Seeds, Heirlooms, Hybrids, Open Pollination, and GMO-Free
- Where Did the Summer Months Go?
- Bring Love Into Your Home...
- Peter Lawrence — The Happy Minimalist
- Discovering Your "Enough"
- And That Won't Be Fun Either
- Taking That First Step
- Not Exactly What I Had Planned To Do Today…
- Making Living Green a Habit
- 7 Grocery Shopping Strategies That Work For Me
- Some Thoughts on Avoiding GMOs
- Can Credit Cards Be Used Responsibly?
- An Easier Way to Wash Dishes
- Some Thoughts on Staying Home
- The Wood-Burning Cook Stove In My Kitchen
- Things I Have Learned About Cooking & Baking with a Wood Stove
- Does Frugality Mean You Shouldn't Have Nice Things?
- Being Sensible About Frugality
- 4 Money-Saving Tips for Buying Produce
- About This Blog (And About Me) FAQ
- Sometimes You Should Complain
- Homemade Laundry Detergent — Yes Or No?
- Saving Money On Yeast
- Downshifting To A Simpler Life
- There Is No One Way To Do Simple Living Right
- Don't Confuse Playing at Frugality With Living Frugally
- A Simplicity Anyone Can Live With
- A Simple Country Life
- Keeping a Photograph… Purging the Item
- What True Frugality Is… and What It Is Not
- What Voluntary Simplicity Is NOT
- Accomplishing What Needs To Be Done… Efficiently, Quickly, and With As Little Stress As Possible
- Energy Efficient Countertop Ovens
- What is the Difference Between Simple Living & Voluntary Simplicity?
- Why I Don't Play the Coupon Game
- LESS Stuff Doesn't Equal Happiness Either
- What Will Ten Dollars Buy Where You Live?
- How You Choose To Spend Your Time
- Some Thoughts About Raising Free Range Chickens
- The Biggest Obstacle to a Simpler, Truly Fulfilling Life
- Have Necessities Become Luxuries Because of the Recession?
- Learning To Slow Down
- Making the Most of Those Lifestyle Challenges
- Achieving a Simpler Life — Step 1: Track Your Spending
- "Farm-Fresh" Eggs — When Organic Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be
- Why We Got Rid of Our Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
- Energy Conservation & Convenience — A Trade-Off?
- Organizing, Decluttering, And Purging
- Real Advice for the Current Economic Situation
- Some Thoughts About Voluntary Simplicity
- Trying To Keep Heating Costs Down This Winter
- Our Journey To A Debt Free Life
- It's The Simple Things That Count
- Decluttering and Purging
- Waking Up to a Clean Kitchen
- 6 Quick Steps to a Clean Living Room
- Why Would Anyone Deliberately Choose a Simple Life?
- Coping with a Power Outage
- At Least We Haven't Had an Earthquake Lately...
- One In, One Out vs. Purging for a Reason
- Do I Really Want Another Dishwasher?
- It's Time To Plant the Potatoes
- How Many Servings of Fruit and Vegetables Should Your Family Eat?
- Some Thoughts About Grocery Shopping & Sensible Frugality
- Hanging Bags of Water... Do They Really Keep Flies Away?
- The Apple Trees in Our Meadow... Heirloom or Wild?
- How We Removed an Enormous Tree Stump... or How We Saved $576
- Everyone Agreed It Was Past Time For a Rest
- How To Make Your Own Chili Powder
- Except For Those Two Times When We Dug Up Something Else...
- Why the Extreme Cold and Snow Doesn't Seem All That Important Any More
- How Do Your Living Expenses Compare with the IRS’s Allowable Living Expense National Standards?
- Organic Seeds, Heirlooms, Hybrids, Open Pollination, and GMO-Free
- Where Did the Summer Months Go?
- Peter Lawrence — The Happy Minimalist
- 14 Things Unique To Me
- And That Won't Be Fun Either
- There Was a Slight Problem With Yesterday's Mail Delivery
- Do I Really Want Another Dishwasher?
- It WILL Stop Snowing... Won't It?
- "Do Not Eat Raw Flour, Dough or Batter"
- At Least We Haven't Had an Earthquake Lately...
- Coping with a Power Outage
- Change Happens Really Fast Sometimes
- Please... Not Just Yet!
- A Credit for the Inconvenience Caused by this Order
- We Do Know It’s There
- And Sure Enough, It Was
- I Hope She Didn’t Try To Eat Them…
- Two Spools, Some Knots & a Short Piece of Rope
- This Month Started Without Me
- It’s Been a Long Time Coming…
- A Very, Very Pasta Filled Day
- Reactions, Recalls, and a Red Fox Move
- But I Think an Intangible Something Has Been Lost
- Involuntary Tunnel Vision?
- It’s So Cold Out There!
- A Little Too Close For Comfort
- About This Blog (And About Me) FAQ
- What Happened When The Town Clerk Made A Mistake
- It Was an Accident
- Our Uninvited Midnight Visitor
- The Mystery Of Duck Duck Goose
- I’m So Glad Today Is Friday
- What Living in the Moment Means To Me
- Childhood Memories
- The Beginning of the End of This Temporary Chaos
- That Sense of Balance
- A Logical Explanation?
- When Should You Get Involved?
- We Are Stranded
- All Things Confusion
- Some Things My Statistics Tell Me About You
- I’m Hoping They’re Wrong
- Upgrades, Databases, Error Messages & Murphy’s Law
- For One of Us It Is a Totally Relaxing Experience
- What Do YOU See?
- Why We Chose Voluntary Simplicity — Sometimes There Is No Tomorrow
- Want To Talk Bird About It?
- Too Many Crackers Too Late At Night
- One Year Ago Today…
- After the Storm — Day 3
- Can You Tell I’m Really, Really, REALLY Looking Forward to Spring?
- It’s a Blizzard Out There
- My Brush With Politics
- Playing the “Let’s Blame Anna” Game
- A Stove By Any Other Name
- An Exercise in Perseverance
- I’m Sorry But I Can’t Hear You
- Things Could Be a Whole Lot Worse
- The Joys of Rural Mail Delivery
- The Reality of Dial-Up Over a Phone Line That Has Been Left to Deterioriate for 36 Years
- Our Absolutely Amazing Fall
- When I Woke Up This Morning…
- Lost On The Schoolbus
- Appreciating the “Now” of My Life
- How To Teach a Bird To Talk
- A Reasonable Dial Tone
- Will the Squeaking Wheel Finally Get Some Grease?
- A Downside to Our Rural Life
- The Vet, the Economy & Our Ferocious Dog
- On a Personal Note (Or It Has to Get Better Than This)
- Life is Getting Back to Normal
- Still Hanging In There
- It Was a Very Long Night
- Oh No… Not Yet!
- Setting the Record Straight
- Frugality for the Birds?
- The High Cost of Veterinary Care
- Tomatoes From My Garden On Christmas Day
- A Mother’s Thoughtfulness
- Farewell, Old House
- Our Journey To A Debt Free Life
- It’s The Simple Things That Count
- Everyone Agreed It Was Past Time For a Rest
- It Has Been Quite a Morning
- Vintage Hazel Atlas Jam Jars -- Strawberry, Pineapple & Apple
- Can You Break a Piece of Spaghetti into Only Two Pieces?
- Is It Possible That They Actually Are As Healthy Now As They Look?
- Where Did the Summer Months Go?
- How To Make Your Own Chili Powder
- When Did the Correct Method of Measuring Flour Become So Controversial?
- Crockpots, Slow Cooking Dried Beans & Phytohaemagglutinin
- My Recipe for Quick & Easy Sandwich Buns
- How To Make Your Own Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
- Super Delicious No-Butter Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
- Make Your Own Soy-Free Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns
- Hasselback Potatoes — Baked Accordion Style
- No-Butter Apple Oatmeal Raisin Nut Cookies
- Carrot Pineapple Raisin Nut Oatmeal Cookies
- Green Tomato Refrigerator Sweet Pickles
- My Recipe for Extruded Pasta Dough
- Our Favorite Cucumber Refrigerator Relish
- Ice Cream For Breakfast?
- Carrot Cake with Walnuts & Raisins
- Breaded Potato Sticks with Cheese & Herbs
- How To Make Homemade Ketchup (and It’s Soy & HFCS Free)
- Easy To Peel Hard Boiled Eggs
- A Quick & Easy Yogurt Ice Cream
- How I Make “Real” Potato Chips
- A Very, Very Pasta Filled Day
- How I Make Oven Baked Potato Chips
- A Really Good Veggie Burger
- Three Pans of Potato Rolls
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea…
- How To Make Your Own Apple Pie Spice Mix
- My Mom’s Gingerbread Recipe
- Coleslaw — Is It Part of Your Thanksgiving Tradition?
- Our Other Favorite Banana Nut Bread
- Our Favorite Peanut Butter Cookies
- Yes, Mix in the Pan Cakes Really ARE That Easy… A Tutorial
- The Petite French Lady’s Italian Minestrone Soup
- The Easiest Crackers I Have Ever Made
- Dill Refrigerator Pickles
- Ready-To-Bake Frozen Cookie Dough
- How To Freeze Cakes — Frosted or Unfrosted
- How to Make Chocolate Pudding From Scratch
- Tips for Baking Better Bread at Higher Altitudes
- Roasted Chickpeas (Garbanzos) For A Healthy Snack
- How To Make Banana Pudding Without a Mix
- 9 Tips For Baking Better Cookies
- Two Egg Free, Milk Free (Also Vegan) Cakes
- Breakfast Fruit Smoothie
- Best Ever Oatmeal Raisin Nut Cookies
- Quick And Easy Homemade Ice Cream
- Mock Maple Syrup — Made From Potatoes
- Our Favorite Homemade Yogurt
- All Natural Watermelon Popsicles
- Making Bread: Kneading The Dough
- There’s No Meat in Our Favorite Meatballs
- Making Your Own Cake Mix
- Ice Box Butter Buns
- “Mix In The Pan” Applesauce Cake
- Whole Wheat Raisin Bread
- Busy Days Bread Maker White Whole Wheat Bread
- Homemade Egg Noodles
- Our Favorite Blueberry Yogurt Smoothies
- Champion Sponge Cake
- Did You Know Chiffon Cake Is So Easy To Make?
- The Spaetzle Experience
- How To Make Cake Flour
- How To Make a GMO Free Light Corn Syrup Substitute
- Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread
- Corn and Chicken Soup with Rivels
- Quick One-Dish Spanish Rice
- Oatmeal Apple Crisp
- How To Shape Crescent Rolls
- “Mix In The Pan” Chocolate Cake
- Pickled Carrots
- Too Many Crackers Too Late At Night
- Old-Fashioned Molasses Drop Cookies
- Making Extruded Pasta From Scratch
- Bread Maker Honey Wheat Bread
- Barley, Bean, Chickpea & Vegetable Soup
- The Easiest Boiled Frosting Ever
- My Favorite Recipe for Divinity Fudge
- How To Make Sweet Pickles One Jar At A Time
- Freezing Batter for Quick & Easy Muffins Anytime
- Hulled Corn or Samp — What It Is and How To Make It
- By Request — My Oatmeal Bread Recipe
- How I Make Rivels, Couscous Size
- Our Favorite Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
- Gluten-Free, Egg-Free, Sugar-Free Oatmeal Cookies
- How To Make Teddy Bear Rolls
- When Homemade Bread Tastes Too Yeasty
- Pineapple, Banana, Celery & Chicken Salad
- How Do I Tell When Bread Dough Has Risen Enough?
- Waffles Made With Yeast
- Making Onion Rings From Scratch
- Streusel-Filled Coffee Cake
- Some Thoughts on Two Ingredient Cookies
- What Did People Earn in 1860?
- Prices for 1860, 1872, 1878 and 1882 — Groceries, Provisions, Dry Goods & More
- New England’s Dark Day — May 19, 1780
- How To Boil a Potato Perfectly, Circa 1880
- Prices from the 1899 Sears, Roebuck Grocery Lists
- What Did Things Cost in 1860?
- The Year Without a Summer
- “Any Citizen of the United States Has the Recognized Right of Paying His Respects to the President”
- A Little Book About Law and Life, Circa 1881
- What Did Things Cost in 1872?
- Dr. Rose’s French Arsenic Complexion Wafers — 1902 Sears Roebuck Catalog
- Why Very Old Recipes Often Seem Incomplete
- How To Do Laundry, Circa 1880
- How To Take a Bath, Circa 1884