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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The Best Things In Life: Free, Or Not?
October 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · community, health & well being, lifestyle, money, relationships
Tags: community·friends·loss·relationshipe
What About Overemployment?
August 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · money, work
I have a different take on our troubled economy than most. On one level it’s highly unfortunate that unemployment is going to remain high under the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to keep short-term interest rates near zero. In a country that calls itself developed, virtually everyone who needs or wants to work should be working, [...]
Tags: Federal Reserve·job-sharing·jobs·overemployment·unemployment
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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The Zen of Money, by Tess
June 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · money
This is a guest post by progressive U.K. writer Tess Giles Marshall of Pilgrim’s Moon. I am embracing guest posts particularly as I work to finish my novel, Revelle. Thank you, Tess! ___________________________________________________________ Money can be a thorny subject, can’t it? One of those we’re not supposed to discuss in polite society (whatever that is), [...]
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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 [...]
Tags: bottled water·bras·foot powder·OLCV·Oregon League of Conservation Voters·Sex And The City·shoes·soap·tanning beds
