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We Found A Housemate!

October 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments · home & garden, lifestyle, relationships

Just a brief post to note that we finally found a housemate to help us fill up our house and practice community.

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The Best Things In Life: Free, Or Not?

October 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · community, health & well being, lifestyle, money, relationships

What are the best things in life? Are they free, or do they depend on money? How much do you have of those best things? Many of us were poor in our youth, at least cash-wise. I certainly lived on a shoestring when

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Top Ten Things To Happily Live Without, Part II

July 6th, 2011 · 7 Comments · food & drink, health & well being, lifestyle, money, nature

Last month’s edition of this proved so popular, I’ve written a sequel. The premise of the diamond-cut life is that joy and well-being come from what we do and who we are with, not from possessions that are costly to both us and the planet. 1. Cable television. The average cost for cable TV in [...]

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Top Ten Things To Happily Live Without

June 24th, 2011 · 8 Comments · home & garden, lifestyle, money, sustainability

Quality of life and joy generally come from what we do and who we are with, not from the things in our life. Feel free to post a comment on what thing or item you’d be just as happy without. Bottled water. Thumbs up on drinking lots of water; thumbs down [...]

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Who You Calling A Hippie?

June 7th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Oregon, food & drink, lifestyle, relationships, spirituality & religion, transportation, work

Today’s post is on the lighter side.  A reader in Arizona  has suggested that I am a hippie. Or, to be more specific, he wrote I am “definitely much more of a hippie” than he himself is. Hmm. His tone was friendly enough, but I’ve been pondering this hippie business, this label, for a couple [...]

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