I've got another post up at the Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op. It's about a cheap way of entertaining while celebrating and even embracing frugality. Click below to have a wander over there.
What a great article, and I think in my fantasy about what "poverty" will look like for me, this is it - lots of friends and good - mostly homegrown - food.
I don't think being poor has to equal being destitute, and I think your example shows that. I was poor in college, too, but I had a partner who liked to spend money and gave birth to two kids before I earned my degree. It was not fun, or cool, and too many times is was just plain hard. We all tried to live like we weren't poor. I wish we had had your sense ;).
Just today I was getting ready for a party at a friend's house and thinking that it would be fun to do an event where no one spends more than a certain amount on food. I would love to see what my gourmet friends would come up with!
I live on a 2/3 acre homestead in a residential neighborhood. A major goal is to demonstrate how much food a non-expert can produce in my particular climate and hardiness zone, with the soils native to my immediate area. We have gardens of annual and perennial plants, keep laying hens and honey bees, and regularly bite off more than we can chew. Another major goal is to pay off our mortgage as fast as possible. Here I blog about frugality, self-reliance, gardening, cooking and baking, food preservation, practical skills, half-baked experiments, and preparing to thrive in a lower-energy future.
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What a great article, and I think in my fantasy about what "poverty" will look like for me, this is it - lots of friends and good - mostly homegrown - food.
I don't think being poor has to equal being destitute, and I think your example shows that. I was poor in college, too, but I had a partner who liked to spend money and gave birth to two kids before I earned my degree. It was not fun, or cool, and too many times is was just plain hard. We all tried to live like we weren't poor. I wish we had had your sense ;).
Just today I was getting ready for a party at a friend's house and thinking that it would be fun to do an event where no one spends more than a certain amount on food. I would love to see what my gourmet friends would come up with!
Overworked Mom, thank you! I'm honored. I'll have to work this into a post sometime soon.
Wendy, I agree. I'm hopeful that the "ordinary poverty" Sharon Astyk foresees will look a lot like the good times I remember from my early adulthood.
5dollars, that's exactly the spirit of the austerity party. I hope you'll report on the even if you host one!
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