One of the thoughts I keep bouncing around is whether I can get by without a car. Cars can be expensive to keep, even if they are already paid off. We can’t ever get away from maintenance, repairs, insurance, and registration, at a minimum. Last week I read How to Live [...]
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It is October and, if it hasn’t already, the holiday season will soon start creeping up on us. We will see merchandise in the stores, ads on TV, decorations around town. I love the festivity of the season - the music, the scents (cinnamon, pine, cookies baking), the lights and even sometimes the [...]
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I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about fitting in. I live in the suburbs of a large metropolitan area, in a nice middle-class neighborhood. I don’t talk much with my friends about being frugal, about saving money or my desire for a simpler lifestyle, as I think it would fall [...]
