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Impulse Buying versus a Wise Investment

Posted on March 15, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Sometimes the best pieces of advice don’t seem real because they don’t seem like advice. Like this one: Wait, before you make a purchase. See what I mean? It’s so prosaic, so basic, so sensible that it’s almost boring, and … Continue reading →

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Market Manipulation, Roasted Chicken, and You

Posted on March 13, 2013 by This Woman Writes

I don’t know about you, but I get vaguely irritated when I realize that I’m being manipulated. And given the marketing climate in which our society operates, this means that if I don’t watch it, I spend two thirds of … Continue reading →

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Is Religion a Crutch?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by This Woman Writes

How often have you heard this — “Religion is a crutch that only weak people need?” If you’re not religious, your first thought may be, “That’s right!” If you are religious, your first thought may not be very charitable. But … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Healthy Kamut® Yeast Rolls

Posted on March 6, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Never heard of Kamut®? It’s an ancient grain, and I give a brief overview of what it is and why we use it in Ancient Wheat — a Potential Alternative to Gluten Free. These rolls involve time — mixing and … Continue reading →

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Ancient Wheat — a potential alternative to gluten free

Posted on March 6, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Gluten free eating is “popular” these days, although I hesitate using that P word because some people who are truly gluten intolerant (think, Celiac Disease) get offended, and understandably so. But gluten-free is popular in the sense that a lot … Continue reading →

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Cheap, Practical — and Sort of Odd — Gift Giving

Posted on March 1, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Last Christmas, because everybody was in financially challenging situations, we agreed to go cheap on gifts — for everyone, that is, but the Toddler, who simultaneously performs the function of daughter/granddaughter/niece, depending upon who is talking about her. As grandparents, … Continue reading →

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The Economics of Being Cool — and Frugal

Posted on February 27, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Being frugal is chic these days. It’s exhilarating to go to bed knowing that you’re weird and out of step, and then burst into the kitchen the next morning as a dynamic, exciting, creative, green living, Chic woman of power and wisdom! … Continue reading →

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Saving Money in the Grocery Store — One Weird, Workable Idea

Posted on February 22, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Years ago, with four children in tow, I spent one day a week doing the grocery shopping. The night before I scoured the ads, marking this place for brown sugar and butter, that one for grapes and toilet paper, still … Continue reading →

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Flu in Your House? Make FAST, cheap, chicken soup

Posted on February 20, 2013 by This Woman Writes

Recently two members of our household (not me, not yet) succumbed to some sort of tummy ailment that precluded eating, and once they were on the mend and agitating for something more substantial than chamomile tea, I made this soup. … Continue reading →

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Is It Realistic, Following Our Dreams?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by This Woman Writes

This week’s article comes with a visual — the Bold Innocence art print by Steve Henderson that encourages us to Dream Big! “Yeah, well I tried to follow my dreams but I got a big fat nowhere,” somebody told me … Continue reading →