Home Reference Library – Indian Fishing
Fishing season has come to the homestead once again. These are the most important months of our year, as we harvest free protein virtually from our doorstep. As you can imagine, such a pivotal activity requires a certain amount of study. Our home reference library has many books on fish and fishing. One of the [...]
Home Reference Library – Comic Books?
Documenting Aly’s unschooling education has been an ongoing process, but we allowed certain aspects of it to wait until she began applying to colleges. At the time, I thought that one of her favorite sources for history and math sciences would require an aggressive stance to justify to academics. This is because the sources are [...]
Home Reference Library – The Complete Tightwad Gazette
Recently, I introduced two enduring inspirations and guides to our frugal lifestyle, Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, and Amy Dacyczyn’s newsletter, The Tightwad Gazette, both of which have a place in our Home Reference Library. Amy Dacyczyn (pronounced “decision”) calls herself the Frugal Zealot, and lives up to that [...]
Home Reference Library – Your Money or Your Life
My family and I have been living frugally for a long time, longer than I sometimes realize. We’ve been at it so long, in fact, that our first sources of inspiration didn’t appear on the Internet, but in print. Our two most enduring inspirations have been Amy Dacyczyn’s newsletter, The Tightwad Gazette, and Your Money [...]
Information at Hand – A Home Reference Library
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” —Desiderius Erasmus Perhaps the most significant personal step I took toward a more frugal lifestyle came when I changed my attitude toward books. I love books, and take pride in owning them. I used to want [...]
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