"Animals have these advantages over man: they have no
theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no-one
starts lawsuits over their wills." - Voltaire
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
