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Recent Posts

• Book Review: The Happy Minimalist
• A Little Book About Law & Life
• Our Absolutely Amazing Fall
• Playing at Frugality or Really Living It?
• Involve Me...
• 7 Grocery Shopping Strategies That Work For Me
• What Did Things Cost in 1872?
• Precious as Autumn Sunshine
• When I Woke Up This Morning...

Voluntary Simplicity/
Simple Living

• Thoughts About Voluntary Simplicity
• Why We Chose Voluntary Simplicity
• Sometimes There Is No Tomorrow
• What Voluntary Simplicity Is NOT
• My Wood-Burning Cook Stove
• Cooking & Baking with a Wood Stove
• Learning To Slow Down
• Downshifting To A Simpler Life
• How To Be Happy In A Mostly Unhappy World
• Accepting Responsibility For Your Life
• Rethinking Multitasking & the Myth of Quality Time
• Save Money By Doing It Yourself
• Green Living and Our Simpler Life
• Our Journey to a Debt Free Life
• How We Are Living A Simpler Life
• Our Simpler Country Lifestyle
• Decluttering and Purging
• Realization Of What Really Counts
• A Sense of Balance
• When Voluntary Simplicity Really "Works"
• How To Stop Procrastinating
• Organizing, Decluttering & Purging
• Elderly Vehicles, Emergency Funds, a Panic-Free Crisis
• When You Give the Gift of a Smile
• What We Don't Say
• Leaving Your Comfort Zone & Taking That First Step
• Making the Most of Those Lifestyle Challenges
• Achieving a Simpler Life — Step 1: Track Your Spending
• When Organic Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be

Frugality

• Being Sensible About Frugality
• What True Frugality Is... and Is Not
• Grocery Shopping And Frugality
• How Much Are You Spending For Groceries NOW?
• How Can I Stay Motivated?
• Sometimes You SHOULD Complain
• Store Brands Or National Brands?
• Credit Cards Aren't The Enemy
• Getting Out Of Debt
• Know Why You Buy
• Getting More For Your Money
• 4 Tips For Buying Produce
• Are Buyer's Clubs A Frugal Choice?
• Comparison Shopping Makes Sense
• Homemade Laundry Detergent, Yes or No?
• Electric Rates, Appliances, & Costs
• Trying to Keep Heating Costs Down This Winter
• Why I Don't Play The Coupon Game
• Homemade Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder
• Frugality for the Birds?
• The High Cost of Veterinary Care
• Living Frugally Without Feeling Deprived
• Real Advice for the Current Economy
• Frugality & Nutrition Series
• What Foods & How Much?
• Frugal Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
• Stretching Ground Beef in a Recipe
• Energy Conservation & Convenience — a Trade-Off
• If It Still Works, Why Do I Need a New One?

Personal

• I'm Interviewed About This Blog
• Does the Electric Company Really Need My Social Security Number?
• The Vet, the Economy & Our Ferocious Dog
• Yesterday Was Not a Good Mail Day
• Life is Getting Back to Normal
• Still Hanging In There
• It Was a Very Long Night
• Some Things I Know About You
• 14 Things Unique To Me
• Fall, Grapevines & Weaving Baskets
• A Little Too Close For Comfort
• My Husband's Solution To My Creative Chaos
• What Happened When the Town Clerk Made a Mistake
• I'm So Glad Today Is Friday
• Irradiating The Food Supply
• All Creatures Great And Small
• The Mystery Of Duck Duck Goose
• Our Uninvited Midnight Visitor
• Farewell, Old House
• It's The Simple Things That Count
• A Mother's Thoughtfulness
• Special Words & Etc.
• It's Cold Out There
• My Brush With Politics
• When Should You Get Involved?
• The Sound of Silence
• Why There Are No Old Bold Mushroom Hunters
• Too Many Crackers Late At Night
• A Whiny Dryer — Not a Good Thing
• The Pig in Our Garden
• Want To Talk Bird About It?
• I Remember...
• I Have a Confession to Make
• Oh No... Not Yet!
• Nobody Here But Me
• On a Personal Note, or It Has To Get Better Than This
• I Wish I Liked Winter More Than I Do
• Accidental Art — What Do YOU See?
• Lost On The Schoolbus
• Appreciating the "Now" of My Life
• A Reasonable Dial Tone
• Does the Electric Company Really Need My Social Security Number?

Words of Inspiration

• What Do YOU See?
• When I Hear "Life is Hard"...
• Happiness... and Harmony
• Comfort on Difficult Days
• That Wise Old Bird
• The Future Lies Before You
• Kindness Is Like Snow...
• The Best Thinking Has Been Done in Solitude
• The Time for Home
• Peace Amid the Storm
• Seeming To Do Is Not Doing
• The Definition of Success
• "Going Out, I Found, Was Really Going In"
• You Have Succeeded in Life When...
• The Best Things in Life
• The Rewards Of The Simple Life
• Happiness Comes From Within
• Happiness Is As A Butterfly...
• Nothing Is Impossible
• A Friend Is...
• 'Tis Easy Enough To Be Pleasant...
• Realizing How Much You Already Have
• With An Open & Grateful Heart
• Happiness Is...
• What Is A Home?
• An Old New England Proverb — Still Good Advice
• A Road Less Traveled By
• ... Maybe Your Soul Has Never Been in Bloom
• We Tend To Forget That Happiness
• Don't Miss Your Share of Happiness
• Sometimes It Takes a Closer Look
• Is It So Small a Thing?

Doing It Ourselves

• How I Grow My Winter Herb Garden
• How To Save Tomato Seeds for Planting Another Year
• What Finished Compost Looks Like
• Nature's Free Mulch — How We Make Leaf Mold
• More Leaf Mold in the Making — It's Starting To Heat Up
• How We Make Compost
• Composting in a Garbage Can
• Our Hand Dug Backyard Pond
• Digging A Pond By Hand — Update
• The Final Cut and Summer Memories
• Our Load of Logs — Progress Report
• A Truckload of Logs
• Firewood — Cutting Our Own Instead of $250+/Cord
• Our Handmade Soap
• How To Make Natural Body Powder
• Removing an Enormous Tree Stump
• Now We Know Where All Those Rocks Came From

Other Reader Favorites

• Thoughts on the No Shampoo ("No Poo") Movement
• Dirty Dozen & Clean 15
• Common Sense, Good Hygiene & the Flu Pandemic
• How "Normal, Thin People" Eat
• How To Season Cast Iron Cookware
• Produce, E. Coli, Bacteria & You
• Don't Touch That Shopping Cart!
• Are Your Hands Clean Enough?
• Still Want To Shake Hands?
• My Favorite Kitchen Gadgets
• Small Appliances — Extravagant or Necessary?
• Natural Tarnish Removers
• How To Make Rose Petal Beads
• New England's Dark Day — May 1780
• One Test of a Good Cook, Circa 1880
• How To Do Laundry, Circa 1880
• How To Take a Bath, Circa 1884
• Why Old Recipes Often Seem Incomplete
• What Did Things Cost in 1860?
• Dr. Rose's Arsenic Complexion Wafers
• 1902 Sears Roebuck Catalog

Soy Allergy

• Learning How To Eat Again When You Have a Soy Allergy
• Living With a Soy Allergy
• Why I Avoid Soy
• Can You Trust Allergen Labels?
• Make Your Own Soy-Free Mayonnaise
• Make Soy-Free Soft Butter Spread
• A Soy-Free Thanksgiving Dinner
• My Soy-Free Recipes

Book Reviews

• The Whole Soy Story
• The Hidden Dangers of Soy

Simple Treasures

• J.&G. Meakin Ironstone China Pitcher
• “Neu Deel Cookin Ware”
• Swan's Down Cake Pan
• Pure Food Sanitary Cooking Ware
• Stoneware Rolling Pin
• 1902 Antique Baby Nurser
• Welded Metal Garden Dogs

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