All posts tagged frugal living
Perfectly Good Things
By Carolyn Lengel I grew up frugal—or, as friends put it, “cheap”; my family had the whole reduce-reuse-recycle thing down, or at least the reduce and reuse part (municipal recycling didn’t exist yet where I lived). We grew vegetables, drew …
Frugality in Friendship (for the Sake of Writing)
This may sound strange, but one area of my life in which I’ve been practicing being more frugal lately is in my friendships. I’m not doing this in
Being Television-free
When I ditched TV ten years ago, it wasn't for moral reasons. It wasn't because I was worried that TV was rotting my brain, and it wasn't because









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Kimberly McCaffery: Great idea, Carolyn! Note to self, write post on how to make pesto wit...
Carolyn Lengel: Some kids (like mine) like pesto--another great way to use herbs. And ...
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