sustainable living, homesteading, sustainable homemaking
Could you live without most modern paper products? “What Could I Live Without?” is an exercise to challenge our thinking about habits and products that we take for granted in our modern world. My intent is not to demonize the use of any product or service, but to look for alternatives and options to enhance a [...]
I’ve bought them for years and years and have never really given disposable razors a second thought….until now. Like most of you, I have been quite aware of the increasing prices of groceries overall. I gasp and nearly choke as price increases each week at the store don’t even have the decency to be ‘subtle’ anymore. [...]
How valuable is hot water to you? How inconvenienced would you feel without it? Photo credit Unexpectedly this morning, we were without hot water. Notified by one of my teenagers, who didn’t enjoy his “brisk” shower, I feared that we needed a new one. It seems like we’ve been on this kick around here [...]
Falling out of love with our modern day appliances may take some doing….but then again, maybe it’s not that hard at all! Ah, the kitchen counter “hogs”, also known as the small appliance. These modern “conveniences” converged on the American homemakers in the 1950′s or so, convincing us that they could not only save precious [...]
It may seem like a strange proposition, to think of living without a house. Yet, there is an entire movement called “The Tiny House Movement” or “Tiny Living” underway. I find it to be quite fascinating and while it’s not for everyone, there seems to be a segment of our population that this lifestyle works quite [...]
As a person who would like to be off-grid at some point in the near future, I constantly ask myself, “What can I live without?” Photo credit Actually, to be perfectly accurate with the line of questioning, I should ask “What can I live without or make myself?” My list of accomplishments in this area [...]
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