This grinch might have been a little... different from most.He was almost pleasant and almost polite.He hated the part of Christmas each yearAnd he wanted to stop the... political-incorrectness-of-it-all.So he devised a clever and cunning agendaTo remove all the Christ from the people at...

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 I subscribe to a newsletter called "homestead updates" from homestead.org and today there is an article that caught my eye. It's something I have touched on many times, but it's always good to see it from a different angle. Take a look: Lost Kitchen Skills: Zero-waste Cooking

    

If you don't have cornmeal at home, put it on your shopping list! It's versatile, inexpensive and very basic. Besides making cornbread or hush puppies, boiled cornmeal can be used in many ways to stretch your food dollars. Put three cups of water into a deep pan and add one cup of cornmeal and a...

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 Since the COVID pandemic started hitting us, the stores have had trouble keeping various things in stock and it looks like they still are. Some places are having more troubles than others, and it seems to be hit or miss and changing constantly. That said, there are still a few things that seem...

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I came across this article called "20 Planet Saving Items That Pay For Themselves Tenfold" and just had to respond. I totally agree with some of them, but some of them can be taken a lot farther and some of them just made this old frugal mind go "What??"I will tackle them one at a time. 1. My...

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