Archives for Frugality - Page 5
Take a trip to your local Farmer’s Market
Not to be confused with my earlier post about the Really Really Free A Farmer's Market usually involves monetary transactions. Sorry, no free food here folks. BUT, you can find…
The lose-weight, get-rich, save-the-world machine!
I'm talking about my bicycle. It's a simple technology that deserves much more attention than it gets in North America. Anywhere else in the world, bicycles are a major form…
Is the economy having a different effect on queers?
Last month, Crack Magazine in the UK, included a column by Gareth Longstaff explaining why frugality in the current financial meltdown is a very straight and family bound thing and…
Make your own tinctures
It's actually really easy. I recently invited my herbalist friend over to teach me and my girlfriend how to make our own tinctures. She delved a bit into some calculations…
Useless is worthless
Money has no value unless you spend it. You can spend it now, or save it now and spend it later. But at the end of the day, you still…
Creating a really, really free community based economy
Really Really Free Markets (RRFM) are a great way to meet and share material items, resources, and skills with members of your community. Best of all, everything is 100% absolutely…
How many are the things I can do without
I read my news online, of course, and since I'm a technological, work-from-home kind of person who can browse websites with indiscretion, I often go to geek sites like Sadly,…
What’s it worth to you?
I want to talk about some bigger issues before getting down to the nitty gritty; so I'm going to start my blogging life here with some of my thoughts about…
The shifting views of household luxuries vs. household necessities.
Yesterday on NPR, there was a short segment (less than five minutes) about what household items are now considered to be luxuries vs. necessities (to start, think televisions, landlines and…
4 ways to save money by buying generic / store brands
I can remember growing up and opening up cupboards to a wonderful display of color, as long as it was black and white only (there was the occasional blue or…