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Lost Your Job?
Congratulations, You're Finally Self-employed

 

"So you’re out of work; maybe you have been for a while.  Well, as you probably know, you’re not alone.  Like a lot of other markets these days, the job market is in dire straits.
    Let me introduce you to a new way of thinking about job security: your job is never going to be secure – as long as you have a job.  Working for someone else is always just that, and the only way to insure your job security is to start working for yourself.  The good news is, you can start today." By Neil Shelton

 

 

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Selling What You Make, Online

 

"We have not become wealthy by doing this, in fact we likely live below the poverty line.  The truth is we need less money  because we don’t have to drive every day to go to work anymore.  We have plenty of time to grow some of our own food and prepare meals from scratch.  After all, that is why we moved to the country in the first place" By Jeremy Pellani

 



Understanding the Blues: A Guide to Gorgonzola

 

"Certainly all of the cheese books out there will tell you to hold off on crafting the mold-ripened varieties until you are a master of the fresh and pressed/aged types.  While I agree that you will want some experience in transforming milk into curd - the proper perspective can allow even the novice cheese maker to craft a stunning blue-veined frommage."  By Dustin Eirdosh

 

Will's Good Store

"A few months ago, as the global economic downturn began to pinch ordinary Americans, there were news stories about people shopping at thrift and consignment stores.  It was as though the whole culture suddenly discovered the Goodwill Store that had been sitting on the same street corner, big as life, for 20 years.  Having always shopped thriftily, I disregarded the news - until I tried to get through the door and down the aisles at my favorite Goodwill.  The media mavens were right - thrifty shopping had hit the mainstream. "  By Barbara Bamberger Scott

Livestock Guard Dogs

"Since this is where I normally shop for the few things we don’t grow, I decided to wait through the long lines afterward and avoid a return trip later that week.  After totaling up my purchases, the smiling cashier startled me by asking, 'Choke a fish or kill a tree?'  In other words, 'Paper or plastic?'  Her simple question gently induced many shoppers to take home reusable totes rather than accept flimsy plastic bags."  By Roberta Snow

 

Garden Seeds, Honeybees, You and Me

 

"Could this frenzy of gardening be, in part, because of all of the publicized food recalls during the past few years, causing us to want to know where our produce is coming from?  I canned a lot when I was younger.  People would, at times, ask me why and comment that it is cheaper to buy food at the store.  They were not taking into consideration that if you cultivate and put up your own then you know what is in it.  Rising food prices at the grocery stores, combined with recent health scares, is causing growing your own food to be economical again."  By Trendle Ellwood

Humanure

 

"For a while now, I’ve been leery of the way we "civilized folk" take care of our body waste.  While no person in their right mind would purposely and willfully defecate into drinking water, that’s just what we do, collectively about a gabazillion times a day.  Reviewed by Sheri Dixon

Catch the Feverfew

 

"In its long history, this herb has been used as an ingredient in making confections and wines; as an aromatic to ward off disease; and as an insect repellant.  Generally used for head pain, fevers, colds, to expel worms, it is also considered as a remedy and antidote when too much opium had been used.  A decoction with sugar or honey is said to be good for coughs, wheezing and difficult breathing.  An infusion of the flowers made with boiling water then allowed to cool, will ease earaches." By Gay Ingram

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