Author Archives: Michael
Joys and Perils of a Luxe Life: Giving Back
Being a gay homemaker has given me the time and opportunity to peer into a lot of different worlds. A few years ago a friend asked if I would help…
Joys and Perils of a Luxe Life: Pressure to Upgrade or Content with what You have?
The recent controversy about the auto bailout has revealed a disturbing truth to me: our economy, indeed, our very society, is based on the constant replacement of consumer goods with…
Joys and Perils of a Luxe Life: Financial Fluency: Learning His Language
So many couples I know are composed of opposites, and I always find Jay's and my equivalent in other couples we meet. There's the solid one, like Jay, and the…
Joys and Perils of a Luxe Life: Schadenfreude and Conspicuous Consumption
I've purposely abandoned what I anticipated to be my next posting in this series because of current events and the reader response to my previous post'”especially the concept of frugality…
Joys and Perils of a Luxe Life: Comfort’s Discomfort
Jay always kids me about how I bounced back and forth above and below my credit limit until my mid-thirties, teetering on the edge of he terms 'œcertain financial collapse.'…
Joys and Perils of a Luxe Life: In Dependency
Upon reflection I probably shouldn't have rearranged my bedroom furniture to the point of structural failure or been so focused on organization and décor, but I think the die was…