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Back From New Year’s Retreat

January 4th, 2010 · No Comments · home & garden, money, simplicity

Thor and I returned yesterday from our annual New Year’s retreat, which we take together  each year, just the two of us, to go into our deep inner lives and look at our intentions for 2010. This year we

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Experiences Make Us Happier Than Things, Research Says

December 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments · lifestyle, money, simplicity

Time for last-minute but blessedly low-stress Christmas shopping. This is a guest post from fellow Portlander Katy Wolk-Stanley of The Non-Consumer Advocate, a blog I highly recommend. More support for a joyful, low-cost Christmas here.
Katy writing:
One part of this article on shopping that struck me as quite insightful was the subject of how experiences differ [...]

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About Furloughs And Household Finances

October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · community, lifestyle, money, work

Would you like a day off from work? Say, a Friday all to yourself, in which to do anything you’d like? The only catch is that you’re not paid for your day off.  As an employee of the state of Oregon, I had my first furlough day last week. Like most of my coworkers, I [...]

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Happy Hour: Truly Happy, Or Sedate Sedation?

August 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · entertainment, food & drink, health & well being, lifestyle, money, sustainability

Late last December I decided to drink less, feeling somewhat sobered that an average of four glasses of wine per week since age 21 added up to a minimum $30,000 lifetime investment in libation.  Less consumption of a luxury would liberate some funds for helping someone struggling with survival, who under-consumes (and we have [...]

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Sandy’s and my thoughts on the BlogHer conference

July 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · money

One of the lovely, intelligent women writers I met at the BlogHer conference is Sandy, of the award-winning blog Momisodes. I quote her:
. . . . . .  I cannot help but wonder if the idea behind BlogHer is really for me.  Perhaps it was the endless swag attendees clamored to get their hands [...]

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