The Goods Are Odd

This summer I spent a lonely week with a terrible cold. I passed the time watching the first three seasons of Bewitched, the old sixties sitcom. I got through so many episodes because, as the show progressed, I felt like I was getting a different impression of Samantha Stevens than I had ever before (since [...]

This is to acknowledge the space that you will experience between the last article and the next. I have many intended posts to share but a quick week in the woods and the preparation thereof is keeping me for a bit of time. The trip this week is to prepare for a Long Walk to [...]

Maybe because I enjoy making the point that you can eat a seemingly endless variety of delicious healthy meals at low cost I haven’t addressed the quintessential tight budget meal of rice and beans. Also because it seems time is one of the biggest barriers to eating well, tight budget or no, and making rice [...]

I am about to go back to full time work. This is a relief on our household’s financial situation, but it’s hard to reconcile with the dream of working part time at something relatively easy but engaging and spending the rest of the time as desired. I thought that when I worked full time again [...]