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Philosopher Jacob Needleman on The American Soul
Article by Jacob Needleman
Jacob Needleman, a religious scholar and the author of more than 30 books, came to Bodhi Tree Bookstore in February 2002 to discuss his book The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders. Weaving together politics, history, religion, philosophy and mythology, Needleman takes a fresh look at the lives and ideals of our nation's founders and heroes, examining issues of morality and truth, war and peace, and the role of government. In this talk, Needleman urges us to inquire more deeply—without sentimentality or cynicism—into our American origins.
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Jacob Needleman's Story
Jacob Needleman, a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University, and a former director of the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, was educated in philosophy at Harvard, Yale and the University of Freiburg, Germany. He was general editor of the Penguin Metaphysical Library, a highly acclaimed selection of 16 reprinted texts dealing with the contemporary search for spiritual ideas and practice, and the Element Books' series The Spirit of Philosophy, which was aimed at repositioning the teachings of the great philosophers of the West to show their relevance to the modern spiritual quest. In addition to his teaching and writing, Needleman serves as a consultant in the fields of business, psychology, education, medical ethics and philanthropy. He has also been featured on Bill Moyers' acclaimed PBS series A World of Ideas. His latest book, I Am Not I, is a dialogue between a guide and a seeker, bringing age-old questions about awakening into the present day. —Justine Amodeo
"…America is the fact, the symbol and the promise of a new beginning. And in human life, in our lives as they are, this possibility is among the most sacred aspects of existence.… If America loses the meaning of its existence and if, in fact, America is now the dominant cultural influence in the world, then what will become of the world?" —Jacob Needleman
The following is edited from Jacob Needleman's 2002 Bodhi Tree Bookstore presentation.
Reconnecting to the Ancient Wisdom Tradition
Jacob Needleman: I never dreamed I would ever be writing a book about America. I was brought up in Philadelphia but I was allergic to anything having to do with American history or politics. I felt love for my country but this love seemed to come from something in the air, something in the fields, or something having to do with the flag. I think the events of September 11th have allowed many of us to reconnect with our love for America in one way or another.
At the core of all the great religions and spiritual philosophies there is a single, unitary vision of what a human being is. It is a vision of nature, a vision of the structure of the world, and a vision of both what we are meant to be, and how we are supposed to get to that point. Aldous Huxley spoke of this core as the "perennial philosophy," while other writers have called it the "primordial tradition." In my book, I refer to this great vision of humanity and life simply as "the ancient wisdom tradition." Ever since I began writing books, I have been trying to understand—both academically and personally—how this unitive vision could be applied to the actual problems and questions we face in our culture and everyday life.
The Spiritual Quest of America's Founders
The American Soul focuses on the questions: What is America? And what does America mean? In my mind, and perhaps in yours as well, there is no doubt that these are burning issues for our time. When I started working on this book some dozen years ago, I had a friend in San Francisco who was constantly talking about the mystical meaning of America and its spiritual destiny in the world. At first I couldn't connect with his ideas, but what he said intrigued me and drew me to study our history and the life stories of the founders of America. To my amazement—and joy—I found that so many of the leaders of this country had as their central concern an inner question —a question of truth, spirit and conscience. And of course, I also found commercialism, politics and all the rest. But a fundamental current for many of these men and women was what I would call the spiritual quest.
My book is not a history book, but it is an attempt to read history differently: to make a bridge between the great traditions of spiritual teachings and the history of America. In that sense, it's an attempt to tell the story of America again in a new, deeper way. What I'm trying to do is "re-mythologize" our story and make it a symbol for grownups who themselves are in search of some meaning. So I re-examine a few of the principal figures of American history: the great heroes—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Franklin—and the great moments, such as the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787, which was an astonishing event. All these men came from their different colonies, their different states, met in the Philadelphia State House to forge a more coherent union. Among them was George Washington, a man of tremendous presence, and Benjamin Franklin, with his crafty, beautiful mind, and his spiritual canniness. Also in the room was James Madison, who was an extraordinary genius. They listened to one another, and eventually they were compelled or attracted or persuaded to reach an agreement. Particularly because they were in the presence of a tremendous need, they allowed a new intelligence to enter into the life of this young nation, and that brought into existence what I consider to be the cathedral of America: the Constitution. We have this art form of government that, in my opinion, is the art form of the future, one that allows people to work together.
The Metaphysical Meaning of Democracy
Consider Washington. What does he mean to us? Washington is unique among great leaders who have held this great power. Twice in his life, he stunned the world by yielding his power and giving it up: first by stepping back from the generalship of the Revolutionary Army after the Revolutionary War, when he could easily have become the king of America; the second time he stepped back was at the end of the second term as president when, despite the Constitution, he could have stayed in office until his death. But he wanted the election to take place with his approval so that the presidency would not become an American monarchy. Washington has, for me, the perfume of a Taoist meditation master. By yielding power, he brought great goodness to the community and the nation.
Many of the speeches and letters of our founders have an inner resonance as well as an external meaning. What do liberty, independence and democracy mean in the context of a community? They mean we have a nation of people trying to regard each other as equal, not in some superficial sense, but as equal participants in a higher reality, because each person has the spark of divine conscience within him or herself. For me, that is the spiritual and metaphysical meaning of democracy and liberty. Liberty not meaning just the ability to get what you want, but the freedom to search for conscience and the freedom to try to obey it as well.
America's Two Great Crimes
But it would be inadequate—or even hypocritical—to tell this story without also including the great crimes of America, since a nation, even more than a human being, has two sides to it. One side strives upward, while the other falls downward. My book looks into two of the major crimes of America upon which a lot of wealth and power were based—slavery and the destruction of the culture and the people of Native America.
I discovered the figure of Frederick Douglass, a man of the 19th century, who freed himself from slavery with a tremendously courageous struggle. He then became unsurpassed as the articulator of the crime of slavery and the need to end it. He appears in the book as the conscience of America who tells us to remember what we are. When you study slavery in depth and try to understand what it was like, you begin to feel an overwhelming sense of remorse. Remorse is not guilt, though, which is an attempt to erase something in one's mind. One must work for civil rights and equality, and correct all the injustice as much as one can. But, as Frederick Douglass himself said, "You're never going to bring these lives back, you're never going to bring these families back. They're gone." He tried to get white America to feel what slavery was, so that feeling of remorse can bring about healing.
Turning to the American Indian, what I discovered was the story of the creation of the universe in the Iroquois tradition. This creation story is a vast cosmic myth that centers around two brothers, good and bad, respectively, representing the two forces that created the human race. This story also links to a somewhat better known myth of the Iroquois relating to the creation of their Constitution, which is called the "Great Peace." It startlingly echoes many things in our Constitution to the extent that some scholars see it as a direct influence. In any case, the echo is there, and it throws light on the greatness of the Iroquois, and on the cosmic dimensions of a democratic system of government. But then, one troubling question remains: How does the destruction of the American Indian fit into the American story in light of the great traditions? My feeling is that the Native Americans were living in a way that corresponded to the needs of the Earth. America cannot really recompense or atone for the Indian unless we, ourselves, develop the same relationship to the natural world. And that, I think, can be done.
Where America Stands Now
Finally, we can ask: What is the meaning of America now? America is unique in our world today because of its tremendous power and influence, and as a result, all the forces of the earth are pouring through it. But being such an enormous entity, there are many people hating it and loving it. Nevertheless, America can justify itself because its governmental structure is one that freely allows the search for conscience to take place. It is the protector of the search for inner truth, leading to spiritual, ethical or moral understanding, and power and action.
Now, let me go back one step further to the origins of my book. A great spiritual friend and mentor of mine was an immigrant from Scotland. He used to call himself the "last American." He loved America in a way that I didn't quite understand until I worked on this book. Late one afternoon in 1974, some students and colleagues were sitting outside at a summer cottage on San Francisco Bay, having informal conversation. This was toward the end of the Vietnam War, and some of the students were speaking against America in very vigorous ways, as they sometimes of course do now: America was raping the world; American corporations were greedy; America was intervening and destroying the cultures of other civilizations; America was all about money and power; injustice was built into the system, and et cetera. At one point my friend became very quiet and, slowly, put his down his drink on the table. He did it so slowly that it seemed like some kind of ritual. Suddenly, everybody became very silent. And after a few moments of quiet, he simply said, "You don't know what you have here." He repeated it: "You simply don't know what you have here." Soon afterward, almost without speaking, we all got up and left. Certainly he was speaking about America, but what did he mean? And in a sense, this very long, heavy book, is all a commentary on those few words: "You don't know what you have here."
Excerpts From The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founder
I' like to read to you from the book to give you a little of its flavor or perfume. This is from our visit (my wife and I) to the Lincoln Memorial followed by our visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. First the Lincoln Memorial (starting at page 272, cloth edition).
One feels, here, the Civil War as America's great wound, even though in fact it resulted in a stronger union, due to Lincoln's unwavering vision throughout. Of course, there is also something about the wound of the Civil War that has not yet healed; it still aches and oozes its poisons. At the same time, there exists ever-increasing hope that the wound of slavery will be healed in the passage of time. Hope in America. But there is another aspect of this wound that will not and should not ever heal. It has nothing to do, directly, with the suffering of the war, the 600,000 deaths; nothing directly to do with the horrors of slavery. It has to do almost entirely with the death of Lincoln himself. No other death has such power to bring tears to us. Lincoln never saw, never lived to see the results of his struggle and never lived to govern an America at peace. And yet, at this memorial, one feels—without any sentimentality—that we are being watched. One feels here the unfathomable powerlessness of the dead—together with their even more incomprehensible power to watch us, to see what we are and what we are becoming. Here, Lincoln comes to represent the deeply mysterious power of the look, of seeing. The force of this look has everything to do with the man and the way he disappeared. It teaches us, this monument, not so much that the dead hero sees us, but that there is a seeing that is like death itself—invisible, all-pervasive, without any capacity or even wish to act or do, yet with an irresistible power to penetrate and influence that which is seen. The monument completes the image of the living Lincoln. The living Lincoln is the mystery of presence; the dead Lincoln is the manner of seeing that emanates from pure presence. All without words, without conceptualization, without manipulation.
The next reading is about our visit to the Vietnam Veteran Memorial (starting at page 276, cloth edition).
It was actually an accident, more or less. We intended to visit the Jefferson Memorial next, but on the way back to our car, we passed groups of people and individuals that attracted my attention in a strange way. They seemed to have a certain look, a certain feeling about them—men and women, younger and older, people of all kinds and backgrounds. Thinking back on it, perhaps what drew me most was the sameness of feeling in all these dozens and dozens of people. When you pass people on the street, some are happy, some are sad, some are bored, some are distracted, some are tense, some smile, some frown, some seem lost in dreams, some are scowling,… But here, everyone seemed the same—quiet, sober, yet with eyes glistening and bodies moving with full, vibrant strides. Semi-consciously, not really aware of what was drawing us, we simply walked past the car and onto a broad lawn. The sober, vibrant people kept coming and coming. We soon found ourselves in front of Frederick Hart's statue of the Three Soldiers and we realized we were at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It was a cloudy, windy spring day and the astonishingly realistic soldiers seemed suddenly to materialize out of the moist wind and the thin, warm mist. As though out of another dimension of time. For a startling instant, I actually thought they were real soldiers and was momentarily alarmed by their automatic weapons. I realized it was a statue the same moment I was struck by the young vulnerability of their faces. They seemed eternally lost and frightened, listening and looking for danger—simultaneously ready to kill and to cry.
Of course, I had heard a great deal about the Vietnam Memorial: how in 1981 a design chosen from over a thousand entries turned out to be the work of Maya Ying Lin, a 21-year-old design student at Yale. I had mentally appreciated the idea of her design from the pictures of it: a polished black granite wall, V-shaped and half-buried in the ground, inscribed with the 58,000 or so names of the dead, and reflecting the faces of the viewers as they passed by. Well before one begins down the path that runs alongside the black granite wall, one is struck by the impression of a monument that does not soar. It is the only such monument in Washington, and perhaps in all of America. It does not soar or rise upward; it is not positive. It recedes, it opens downward, it is an absence, like a permanent wound. Off to one side is the towering obelisk of the Washington Monument and to the other the Lincoln Memorial. Compared to the Vietnam Memorial, even the statue of Lincoln in all its somber majesty represents a positive statement, a hope, an affirmation rooted in the experience of remorse and sorrow. Not so the Vietnam Memorial. One begins walking past the black stone with the engraved names at ankle height. There at one's feet are death and grief and error, while at the same time one's eyes and ears and breathing take in the wide green lawn, the air, the trees and milling people, the traffic passing back and forth.
As one walks, one descends. Gradually. Something is entering into the psyche. But from below. Nearly unnoticed. One's head is still in the living and doing world, the world of action and decision. But something is entering more and more from below. In one's consciousness, one is aware of the names of the dead. One has thoughts of sorrow and sympathy, or perhaps anger or fear. One sees the flowers placed at the foot of the wall by loving relatives. One sees people taking rubbings of a name here and there. The names themselves begin to take on lives of their own—suddenly they all seem to be the names of one being, one person—like the million names of God. These are the million names of mortal man.
Having such thoughts, one walks and is moved by this profoundly conceived memorial. Yet the most important thing is happening under the surface of one's consciousness, from below. The black wall rises and rises. One hardly notices the wall rising, the names growing—until, suddenly, I see myself in the wall, my face and body on the other side, as it were, of the names of the dead; myself in the land of the dead. Yet I am alive, and from the land of the dead I am seeing myself, here and now, walking. I am being watched by some presence in the land of the dead; and the presence watching myself is: myself!
The wall is now higher than my head. The world is now only this black granite mirror, the thousands of names like thousands of eyes. What has been entering from below has now filled me completely and has softly displaced my thoughts and images of death and war. I am only darkness and the seeing of these names that are eyes; I am only a black, stone mirror. Although I continue walking, I no longer feel myself as moving; time has stopped. I see my image and the image of my wife with me, in the black wall, through the names that are eyes. In that black mirror is the world where all color is true and black at the same time.
And suddenly, something brilliant enters my eyes, painfully brilliant. The living and breathing world! Real, green grass; beams of sunlight; real people moving around; trees; air, light, buildings! I am in the world again, alive. I had started walking up the incline, without noticing it. The wall had been growing lower again, without my noticing it. And now, at eye level, the three-dimensional, affirming world returns to me; my head is above the wall, then my shoulders, then my waist. And in that progression, the black anti-world of the Vietnam War retreats from my awareness. But not entirely: this absence, this negation, this reality remains perhaps stronger than ever, but inside me, like a pillar of emptiness and darkness within the center of my body, like a counter-spine. And it is very clear: this nation, this people, America, has not "recovered" from this war. And may it never recover. If America ever fully "recovers" from this war, it is doomed. Spiritually doomed—which means materially doomed as well. The earth cannot support a dominant civilization that has no empty center, no negative movement, no soft breathing and renunciation at its heart. There must be an inner as well as an outer, a stepping back as well as a thrust forward, a prayer as well as an affirmation. Such were my thoughts, the beginning of my thought, as I walked away from the Vietnam Memorial. This horrific, degrading war broke everything in our nation that had become breakable and mortal; and things become breakable only when they are first separated from their roots in the depth of reality.
The Civil War did not break America's heart, but Vietnam did. It is said, "When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit laughs for what it has found." Another old saying has it that, "The body is the temple of God but the throne of God is built in the ruins of the heart." Could it be that a healing drop of deep psychological "ruin" has entered the bloodstream of America? After 200 years of its accelerating outward motion, is America again ready to make room for the dark mirror of conscience with its attendant sorrow and its all-embracing light?
A Q&A with Jacob Needleman
I'll stop now. I'd like to take questions and discussion now about the book or anything you wish.
Audience: My sense is that you're grappling with the idea that America has a spiritual mission that is pervasive from the founding of America. Is that correct?
Jacob Needleman: I think that's true. America has a mission as a protector of the social conditions where people are free to pursue the quest for truth. It's not that it's the only place where it's ever been done, nor that America is the greatest country that ever existed. It just means, right now, that the conditions exist for people, if they wish, to find together something deeper and higher in themselves.
Audience: Do you think the war that we're in now (with terrorism and Afghanistan) will be as tragic as the Vietnam War?
Needleman: The first and last answer is, I don't know. But September 11th has enabled most of us to rediscover a feeling for America that had been lost. Now, it's questionable whether this nation of 300 million people, with all its incredible power and all its corruption, is going to act differently or not. But if a certain number of people begin to see the possibility of America acting more generously in the world toward other cultures and other nations in a real way, that might influence the course of events.
Audience: Could nonviolence be a part of that?
Needleman: Well, that is a question that would require some time to discuss, because a nation is not a person. I sometimes think we expect a nation like America to behave in a way that no one of us would do as individuals. What is a nation supposed to do? Can a nation be nonviolent and still be a nation in the world as it is? I'm not sure, but I think that's a question we have to face with all the realism we're capable of. Let's face it, this is a rough world, and individuals can be nonviolent and exert great power as Martin Luther King or Gandhi did, but as for a nation, I'm not sure. What is a nation? It's not a human being; it's not an individual. Let me put it this way: Could it be true that good people sometimes have to do bad things in order to be effective as leaders? Or do good people always do good things? I think Lincoln was a great leader. But he made many painful decisions and caused many deaths in order to keep the union together. Can a big business leader be a good man and do bad things in order to keep things going in his business? Isn't this an interesting question? It's hard to know where to draw the line between a realistic view of the world we're living in, the kind of action it calls for, and where real goodness can appear in that situation. Every nation has corruption. The only question is how much it can bear, not whether it should have it or not. And if it gets past a certain point, then it destroys the nation.
Audience: There are struggles between what may seem to be right and wrong, or between people of goodwill and people who are not of goodwill. And, in the long run, you often don't know the consequences of your actions. I'd like to work for some cause, like Amnesty International, but how do you know if outer action like that fits together with one's own inner quest?
Needleman: On one level, one has to be a normal human being with normal ethics and devote oneself to normal good causes. But also, we should avoid having illusions about it, such as that you are right and you understand, and everyone else is wrong. We should avoid fanaticism, either gross or subtle. That's part of what Jefferson meant by democracy. One can, in the limits of our ordinary states of spiritual presence, really care for something deeply without being a fanatic about it. It's usually fanaticism that draws evil out of good. So I think it is wrong to abandon doing relative good, or to feel indifferent to doing anything because it may be part of a bad game. I think that's a tendency we have to watch carefully. Walt Whitman made that point, too. I discovered a wonderful book by Walt Whitman called Democratic Vistas, which is a kind of ode, a paean to the spiritual meaning of democracy. He finally says, "But you know something, you'd still better vote."
The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders by Jacob Needleman (2002)
Jacob Needleman does not deny that American history has a dark side. Indeed, he devotes entire chapters to the destruction of Native American life, slavery, and the Vietnam War. He is also no fan of what he calls the "disease" of materialism, which, in his view, is a symptom of inner poverty. However, he writes, if we look back to the lives of the founding fathers, we will discover an unquestionable link between their intentions and the universal wisdom principles that appear in the world's great religions, philosophies and works of art. The founders were inspired by a vision of humanity's highest potential—namely, reason. And reason, says Needleman, is a faculty that encompasses more than mere logic, but even embraces the spark of inner divinity. In their own lives, however flawed, our founding fathers demonstrated qualities such as courage, renunciation, freedom from malice, and a thirst for knowledge and self-improvement.
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9. Israel-based designer Shenhav Russo uses the ancient technique of crochet to create intricate, delicate statement jewelry. Inspired by wide-open vistas and urban landscapes alike, she locates the true beauty of her art form in her ability to create anywhere, requiring nothing more than a spool of thread, gleaming natural stones or crystals, a crochet needle, and her imagination.
10. Thai jeweler Sarran Youkongdee began his jewelry practice in 2008. Inspired by the rich culture and heritage of his birth country, he creates art to wear, characterized by flowers and an artistry that pays tribute to women past and present.
Additionally, one LOOT jewelry artist will receive the LOOT Acquisition Prize, an award that recognizes works that reflects a maturity in artistry and concept; exhibits both a superior and experimental understanding of materials and form; and demonstrates expertise in technique and execution.
LOOT takes place at the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York City. Entrance to LOOT is included in the price of Museum admission.


What is the geosphere in the Earth System?
This sphere includes all the stuff that make up the crust and the core of the earth. It includes everything natural and lifeless that make up the surface of the earth.
Examples are all the rocks and sand particles from dry land to those found at the bottom of the oceans. They also include the mountains, minerals, lava and molten magma from beneath the earth's crust.
The geosphere undergoes infinite processes constantly and that, in turn, modifies other spheres. One example of the continuous process is the rock cycle.
In the rock cycle, melted rock from below the earth's crust is spewed out through vents on the surface onto the surface of the earth. This is also called lava. Solidified lava, together with other rock material from earth movements are weathered and eroded. The eroded particles end up somewhere and build up. After many years of buildup, pressure from the overlying weight causes the particles to modify itself again. They are further buried deeper in the crust and then melted again by intense heat until they are spewed out to the surface again.
In this cycle, you will notice that it can take thousands of years for the cycle to complete, but every single day has a role to play. You will also notice that the cycle does not complete on its own. It is influenced by other factors such as water, temperature, and wind, which also belong to other spheres.


Luke "say my name like sharky' Tscharke is an Australian travel photographer who specialises in stunning images of nature and wildlife. His photos are so beautiful that he's racked up 90,000 followers and you can purchase some of his best images as a calendar. If you're someone who likes to get close to nature, Tscharke's Instagram is for you.
Lauren Path has successfully turned her love of travelling and ability to create viral Instagram posts into a marketing and PR career. Over the years she's racked up 465,000 followers and over 5,000 amazing images of Australia and beyond.
Another Australian who shares mind-blowing images of his home country, if you've never wanted to visit Australia, Matt Donovan's Instagram will quickly change your mind. Currently at 76,000 followers, we're expecting Matt's Instagram to blow up in 2018!
He might be young, but that's not stopped Gab Scanu from achieving great things on Instagram. He's gathered a massive 309,000 followers on Instagram and now has a successful career as a film-maker. If you're a fan of beautiful beach shots, you'll love this Instagram.
Lauren Bullen is possibly one of the most successful Instagram travellers there are at the minute. This Australian nomad visits the best and most beautiful parts of the world and has a massive 1.1 million followers envious of her amazing lifestyle.
You won't believe the colours that Jewels captures in the Australian beaches and skies. This self-taught photographer has an amazing way of capturing textures that makes the you want to dive right into the images. Her beautiful shots have earned her 114,000 followers so far.
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Frugal Living is not just a way of life, it's also a state of mind.
We can aim to generate as much income as possible, but we can't accumulate wealth without wise spending habits. Frugality is about stopping the money leaks while still living a fulfilling life and it requires a mindset adjustment in order to succeed. Here are a few articles to start you off on the right path.
And here are a few practical tips so you can live frugally and happily. Enjoy.
Need more tips? These are some of my own experiences and fun experiments that I've tried in order to save some money.
Frugal Living – What Do You Think?
This is actually the beginning. MoneyNing (the site you are on) is all about discussing money matters and I highly encourage you to stick around as we will have new material for you on a daily basis. All you have to do is go to the home page where there is an interesting article waiting for you.
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Hello Andrew, thank you for leaving your comment. First of all, you need to put priorities in your life.
is the third time this pharmacy has done this to me.
So many banks want to take your house payment out of your checking. I have this done as they told me I could save interest. Well, are they applying the money they take out of your account the day it is taking out?
even contact me. Where was the money? Makes you wonder.
Amazing posts n idea….I loved most of them..
I was always a working mom and I never thought about saving money or minimizing my expenses but now finally when I'm planning to quit my job I'm realizing.. I should learn n practice frugal life style.
I just came across your website and I love it. I have been working on becoming frugal for quite some time. I have done very well, cutting my electric bill from 120 to 60 in the past, my grocery bill cut to 250-300 conservatively, and my driving gas at about 120 per month. Sometimes I can get a little greedy and look to cut more costs. It drives me nuts constantly thinking of ways I can cut costs. I have become obsessed with it. My question is, I want to eventually go off grid but I'm not sure how to approach it. I've thought about going as far as creating a filtration system that collects rain water to use for showers and laundry. I have no idea how to even begin to do this. I'm not very handy, I just need some direction. Thank you.
Excellent idea, going off-grid! Wish I could, but I'm not in a position where it would work out. I hope to be sometime soon, though.
I just had a thought; could you try this? There's a barrel-shaped hand-cranked washer for your clothes that works fairly well. It's just big enough to wash one pair of jeans or slacks or 2 shirts at a time. It comes with instructions, of course. You can even run your clothes through it a second time for liquid fabric softener. Then you can get a drying rack for your clothes. It works well, and you can find one in the size you need. You get the washer online, but you can find the drying rack at Walmart. I wish you well!
Being frugal can be overdone sometimes, thereby limiting one to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Its important to have the mindset of saving and reinvesting one's savings for retirement. But to consistently avoid spending your money for things you will enjoy, where when looking at the big scheme of things those expenditures will not hurt you at the end of the day, is overdoing it. Keep in mind, when we pass away, we cannot take our earnings with us.
I totally agree with you. When I started being frugal, I got so obsessed with cutting costs that I would take away from the grocery bill to pay down debt. Let's just say I lost some weight..not very healthy. The good thing is that I recognized it and made slight adjustments to my approach.
I am frugal, but I always I make sure if it is a high dollar item that I am getting the most for my money. I would rather buy the nice item that will last longer, than having to replace it over and over again, which in the end would cost me more money. Agreed, it is a state of mind.
I'm a working mom always looking for places to cut back. It's a daily struggle and you are right, a state of mind. Worth it though!
Always live within your means. If using a credit card to get rewards, make sure the amount you spend is the amount you pay off each month. You get the rewards and avoid paying interest.
Also, be diligent with grocery shopping as this tends to be one of the largest monthly expenses. We tend to waste tons of perishable foods, so try freezing them if you overbought one week.
Mildred you are doing the same as me. I use my credit card for all expenses and pay off in full every month. I shopped at Safeway and save on their website for u save coupons, use store coupons, and get gas points for 10 cents off a gallon. When I applied for the card got 200 dollars and get 1-5 persent back on my groceries.
Bill pay save stamps. Live on 8 acres plant organic garden and have chickens. Put in orchard and planted berries and grapes. I can, freeze dehydrate the food from the garden. When I go on vacation I rent one night at a hotel and am able to leave my car their for up to 3 weeks. They take me to the airport and pick me up. I shop thrift stores only for things I need.
I think your absolutely right! The fun thing is living frugal doesn't have to mean you live without luxury. It's just about the way you look at live and what's important. We can do without a lot of stuff that's way to expensive just because companies had to spend a huge marketing budget to sell it to us. And when looking at bargains and deals in normal live there is a load of cash to save!
To David, Owl and all; Wishing all a Merry Merry and a Happy Happy!
I'd like to add, don't forget the poor. NO ONE asks to be poor or destitute. You will be blessed for any little thing you do or give to them. We are guided and told to give to the poor, the widow, the orphaned; to turn no one away. You are promised that whatever you give, you will be recompensed and blessed 10 Xs' over. THAT'S TEN TIMES MORE THAN WHAT YOU GIVE! What kind of investment could ever be better than that! Similarly, do not rob, cheat or scam anyone else. For this you will pay dearly, TEN TIMES OVER. Put your sacrifice of giving into action for yourself and watch your rewards return!
I might add, that Target is now getting their just deserts. It was approximately eight years ago that Target announced they would no longer allow the Salvation Army Kettles to ring their bells or solicit donations outside their doors or in their parking lots. These collections solicited over the holidays were made by volunteers of The Salvation Army and all donations were made by us contributors at no cost or inconvenience to Target. What a nasty blow right at the hardest time of the year to The Salvation Army and to those who admire and gladly give to them.
A Target Exec announced that they donate to the arts, (whereupon they reap vast tax deductions and benefits). Well, Whoop T Do; we all love the arts, but what does this have to do with feeding the poor while allowing the generosity of others to help feed and clothe them? How does Targets' artsy contributions affect us customers who willingly give to the Salvation Army at NO tax deduction when we drop money into their kettles, and whose donations do not affect shopping at Target one way or the other?
Okay I contacted Target at the time, which led to me telling them I hoped they go broke. They robbed the poor and caused others to slight them. Of how much over an eight years period? My guess would be well over a million $+ in contributions they would have collected outside the doors of Target. Now, eight years later I might be watching Target suffer the consequences of their nasty high level actions.
Already they have had their stocks drop more than $2B in the last week and have dropped all their prices by at least 10% while trying to lure their lost customers back into their doors. Fact is, in the end they even robbed their customers by not notifying them that their credit/debit cards had been scammed three weeks earlier, beginning the day of Black Friday shopping. Willfully, they knowingly allowed scammers to continue scamming without notifying their customers for three whole weeks!
Too bad they turned their back on The Salvation Army, who was doing them no harm and who I know FOR A FACT turns no one away. Anyone I have ever sent to them were given too and treated very kindly, without question, entitlement or harassment. Yeah for you, Target, you are finally getting your payback now! The point is, DON'T ignore or turn your back on the poor, OR rob or allow them to be robbed, or anyone else. You will get your payback too, one way or the other. Good or bad. God bless in the coming New Year!
spend less than you make and bank the rest.
1. Ask for "cuttings" of plants, use "saved" soil and "used" flower pots to replant each Spring/Summer. Place outside in summer, spray and bring inside each Fall.
2. I stopped delivery of two newspapers as the prices were going up and the "news" was less.
3. I reuse plastic bags (from shopping) for trash, to line trashcans and store garbage.
4. I only purchase clothing on sale–never pay original retail costs. I comparison shop and purchase "gently used" expensive items (from ebay and other online stores).
5. I've recently purchased a property and (when able) pay additional amounts toward the Principal to gain additional credit. The same goes for my Home Equity Line of Credit. Plus, both are tax deductible!
I am pretty new to the frugal life but it is amazing what a little planning can do just for lunches. I could not believe how much it added up eating out every day. I have the crock-pot going now for dinner and lunch every other day and grilling tonight to suit the other times.
You don't have to be a cheapo to be rich. Just don't show-off. Be humble.
Don't just work a job. Do more than a 40 hour job. Find what you like to do even if you weren't getting paid for it and start a business in that subject and do get paid for it.
Never give uncle Sam more than you need to. Start a business and take expenses against it and then pay taxes.
When you work a job, the employer takes your taxes and gives you the remaining cheese. When you have a business, you take expenses against your revenue and then pay taxes on the profit.
Learn how to invest. The market crashes at least once every 5 years. Whatever money you have saved can safely be invested in the stock market after every crash. Load up as much as you can on stock market indexes such as SPY, etc. Learn to read the charts and you will know when the indexes are at oversold levels and then load up.
Let your money work for you and not the other way around. Otherwise, you will be a fool like most of the world working without saving a dime and complaining about every little expense that hits your way. Oh…my car is in the shop…oh, I have to get my computer repaired, etc.. Live smart and you will be able to buy whatever you want…whenever you want with no stress.
I am able to take my computer to the vocational school to get repaired for $5 plus any new parts if needed. This is a great savings for me.
1) Deal in Cash. Dedicate a particular amount for each weeks spending. Setting up a separate account provides structure, if easier for you. Or as easy as using a weekly envelope. When the money is gone, you must wait for the next week. This amount should include weekly expenses such as food, gasoline, gifts, entertainment, eating out, babysitters, housekeeping, school lunches.
2) Pay Rent/Mortgage first from income. If not, you will damage your credit rating, which will be an uphill battle to correct. And stand the chance of losing the roof over your head. Meanwhile you will increase your equity in your home.
3) Identify annual costs like Term Life Insurance (a must for families with children), Auto, Medical, Home Owners/Renters and Disability Insurances. These may be covered by one or both heads of household's Employer(s). Calculate monthly cost and establish an account or envelope for these expenses.
Bottom line, if you don't know where every cent of your money is going, you don't have control of your future.
I put every thing on my visa charge card. Why? I have a record, use to auto pay all my bills-power,phone,food,gas,etc.,-because this card has a cash back ,it pays 3% back on gas, 2% back on food, 1% back on everything else. I call this making money back for me. No yearly charge for the card either.
I just recieved my natural gas bill. It will be under $200.00 per year. I did that by buying a heat exchanger on my new air conditioner. The air conditioner was not cheap but figured out over a number of years it will pay off. When I heard that food prices will raise by as much as 10% I took a hard look at what I was buying. I am now more careful of waste and saving money every week. I had been overbuying and wasting food. Apparently alot of the food supply end up in land fills such a waste. I have a ways to go, but will work on it!
We only have a lifetime, that's right. I want to add that TIME IS MONEY. Say I can earn $50 to $300 an hour, and have to prioristise my time. I also need time to relax, take care of my health, take care of my loved ones and stay sane. So my time is not worth saving pennies. It is worth paying people to do jobs that would take time from you which could be better spent.
Elle, You are very fortunate to make $50-$300 an hour. Many people around you are lucky to have a job and make minimum wage. There are great suggestions here for everyone to save their pennies! "A penny saved is a penny earned"! Have a blessed day.
I definitely think that frugal living is a lifestyle. I've worked hard at it for many years, but I'm now happy with the outcome. It's not just about saving money here and there it's about saving money across a whole range of day to day things we do, including spending patterns and habits. Small changes lead to massive gains.
I have recently moved from a northern climate to a much warmer one. There are fruit trees everywhere here and lots of people not using there fruit. I'm so busy canning and making jam and pickles etc. I enjoy doing it and share it with my daughter and her kids, still living up north. I price out items like a one litre of dill pickles figure out what its costing me and how much I save. Its quite alot and the products are mostly organic and free of any additives! Next spring I'm building a garden, and planting a grape vine. I planted a dwarf cherry tree already. Even though I live on a small lot I think I can grow quite alot of stuff.
I have a very small garden and built raised beds to garden. We also use containers. Beans and peas grow well up walls and trellises, as do grapes and – planted effectively – can lower your cooling bills in summer by providing shade. Dwarf fruit trees in containers add great citru optionss. We are in Northern CA and still have Meyer lemons – which we trade with farmers at the farmer's market for specialty items (get this: we trade excess lemons for chocolate truffles!). Think about trading your cans and jams for other things you need!
Having a frugal state of mind is insurance for your budget and also for your future. Living beyond your means is living a lie and always leads to problems.
It always excites me to cut back on spending and live more frugally.
I am with you sister. I am an intelligent woman that requires mental stimulatation. I am unemployed at the moment and will not officially retire until may. Our income was cut in half so I brought out the skills. There were some . Lol. I was a stay at home mom when my children were young. Things gave changed, thank god for the internet. Lots of info to be had. I have always considered this, being frugal my job, when I worked the past 8years I retired it. Well I an back at it and frugality looks good on me.
For me, leftover foods are never wasted. Cooking them into another menu is a way of saving some pennies for the next meal. It's fun especially when you discover something new, something delicious. Plus, don't shop with empty stomach. It will urge you to buy more than what you need.
Buy what you need, less on what you want.
Frugality is a habit that we must keep in our everday living. Living beyond our means is the creed of modern capitalism to induce people to buy things which they really don't need. Frugality is acquiring things you really need.
Another great way to save money is to subscribe to online deal newsletters to be aware of online clearance sales, coupons and discounts.
I agree with you 100%. When I go out shopping, I always take with me a binder that has the weekly store sales, list what I wanted to buy at that store and my bundle of coupons (online and from news papers). If the store don't have the item, I ask them where I might find them and such.
Also, when it comes to food, I go to the website called supercooks.com. All you have to do is just type in what you have in your kitchen and supercook.com will just bring up recipes that you have. Also, member will either post picture of the food or give some feed back. I love that website.
In the past few years I learned how to be frugal without sacrificing health, safety, morals, or compliance with the law. Most of it has to do with doing away spending that isn't really required for daily life.
For example, I cut out our phones and used magic jack. Along with a cheap prepaid cell phone, I was able to cut nearly a thousand dollars per year.
I also shopped for cheaper insurance for healthcare, auto, and home. Getting a bundled deal on insurance through my alumni association, and by increasing my deductibles, I was able to save nearly two grand per year.
This is just a heads up. My son was in a motorcycle wreck. A kid hit him. When we talked to the attorney about insurance, he said that some medical insurance require you to pay them back on large items. So be careful. His did not. Thank goodness. He always wanted to ride in a helicopter. He did but did not remember a minute of it. Lol.
I hope he made a full recovery. God bless.
I used to be a crazy spender but I learned from my husband how to be frugal. We always have a list and a budget when we go shopping. Anything beyond our budget will be tossed back. If we go over the budget, even for 5 cents, we toss back one item. Now I am happy that we are able to buy a house, in cash, and are not worried of any debts. Being frugal is fun!!!
Frugality is a constant learning curve for me. especially when spending money to set up a business because you have to constantly weigh up whether or not the item(s) you're buying are actually going to give you a good rate of return.
Living Frugally is actually fun! You're only going to make "so much" money in your lifetime, how much of it do you really want to line other people's pockets vs. your own?
I make home laundry soap with left over bathing bars when they are too small to lather up my wash rags. Not only is this soap good for laundry, it's also good for cleaning my oven (I think the Borax makes it a good degreaser) and it cleans my toilet to a sparkling clean!
Our Church has a "borrow" program – where people put their name on a list and an item(s) they are willing to allow other church members to "borrow" for free. I've been able to borrow a baby crib when my sister visited with her new born, a set of crutches after knee surgery, and an electric oven when I had to roast a turkey for Christmas! This is a valuable service and I highly recommend that if you're involved in a group / club / church – to maybe try and implement this "Borrow" program.
That is a wonderful idea!! Never thought of that.
That's very interesting about how you've been making your own laundry soap. My family doesn't use bar soap.
Also its very cool that your church set up a "borrow" program between members. I might mention your idea to my church's leaders to see if it is something that might be helpful.
While shopping frugally can be good…I would suggest that your readers avoid dumpster diving or curb side shopping. Oh and avoid firstly all upholstered furnishings from unknown sources. The problem is the proliferation of nasty pests such as bed bugs. They are out there in abundance now…and once in the house will be most uncomfortable both physically and emotionally, as well as being very expensive to be rid of. The reality of the matter is that they are terrible touch little bugs that have tremendous resilience…And you thought cockroaches were bad!
I have been lucky and have never gotten these bed bugs, but unfortunately others have been less so. Be careful.
Frugality is a way of life and having to accept it at a very young age will be a natural character as one grows up. Coming from a northern province in the Philippines where we are known for being frugal, a lot of countrymen were surprised when we are migrant workers in the biggest oil company in Saudi Arabia for we were the most visible people who took odd-jobs to augment our salaries. After long years of hard work, we are now far better-off than most of our compatriots, financially speaking.
Here are a few of my saving tips, many are also good for your health and the environment.
* Eliminate paper towels, and dish sponges, I cut up old t shirts and re use.
* Quit the dishwasher and save on electricity, hand wash.
* Wait and wash full loads of washing.
* If you have a pool, over the winter, clean yourself or empty save even more.
* Teach your kids the joy of thrift shopping – its like hunting for treasure.
It actually uses more water to hand wash than to use dishwasher.
Well, Kathy, it all depends on the method of hand washing, doesn't it? – Not to mention the probability that some folks run the dishwasher only partly full.
Unless you entertain tons of people every day or leave the water running the whole time, washing the dishes by hand couldn't possibly take more water than using a dishwasher. The only electricity it uses is what it took to heat the water, and if you have a well the bit that would be used running the pump for a few seconds. We are a family of eight and we use very little water to wash and rinse a day's dishes. Also using dish soap is far less expensive that dishwasher soap. Dishwashers have always seemed a bit redundant to me. Washing dishes is part of the ritual of a meal and a great time to have a conversation with a loved one – perhaps about how they can grow up to live a frugal, successful life.
Besides, a dishwasher doesn't put the leftovers away, wipe down table, countertops, stove and put the dishes back into the cupboard, sweep the floor, etc.
I buy this reusable dish clothes from dollar tree. I wash them with the whites and reuse. When they are worn out I will use them at the bottom of my garden containers for a filter.
I live in an apt with a lousy, low end quality dishwasher. We also have a lot of calcium and lime in our water. If you don't wash the dishes–all of it– with a scruby, load the dishwasher and immediately run it then everything comes out looking awful. Is this a time saving, labor saving appliance?
We furnished a college apartment from Craig's List. Almost 98% was either free after the seller found out it was for a college student or price cut to peanuts. The furniture was in good condition and was free or below $25. Once she graduates we will donate it to Goodwill or Salvation Army and start over in another community furnishing the grad school apartment from Craig's List.
Shelly, we did the same thing… twice, for our two daughters when they graduated college and moved into apartments in other towns. It is amazing what you can get at goodwill, salvation army, church sales, fundraiser auctions, yard sales, estate sales, craig's list etc.
Another source is your local "Freecycle" group. They are nationwide and people give away items free of cost if you pick it up at their location.
One more to add to that: Google Tumbleweed Houses, or Tiny House Blog. Don't be put off by the high cost of building one that they quote: I used salvaged/recycled materials and built my Tumbleweed for around the cost of one semester's apartment rent. Now I own my home outright – no rent or utility payments! Look into it – paying rent for something you will never own is NOT a frugal habit. If you don't want to build from scratch, a used camper can be found on Craigslist for around 4-5K US, and then, again, you own your dwelling outright, no rent. Get a couple solar panels from a farm supply company (check out Farm Tec) and a rain barrel, you're all set – Very low or no utility costs. Frugality, in the end, is intertwined with self-sufficiency.
Just don't do this in Tornado Alley *unless* you have a storm cellar below. Mobile homes are the leading cause of deaths in tornados and I would extrapolate that to include (unfortunately) your "Tumbleweed".
When u donate be sure to get a donation slip to use when filling out your long form income taxes.
Frugal living is an attitude and mindset. Either I want to live on less than I earn or I do not. And if I do, then I will cut back wherever possible. And when I cannot possibly cut back any more, I will look for ways to increase my income, even if it is just a few dollars each month.
Simply said. But brilliant. I agree 100%. It really is just that simple. People tend to overcomplicate the process of saving and earning, which causes undue stress and anxiety, making people averse to addressing the topic any longer. If you keep it plain and simple, and in the forefront of your mind, it will become a way of life rather than a chore worth avoiding.
I like to look at it as a game instead of a struggle. I started with a budget of course and keep track of everything I spend. And I also have a list of priorities for my life that helps me know that I don't really need (fill in the blank) to be happy.
Love that "as a game" attitude! That's the way to look at it!!
I love it when I try to be frugal and it results in something even better. This happened the other night when I made lasagna. I usually use a whole box of noodles but wondered how the same recipe would turn out if I only used half a box? It was the best lasagna I ever made. It turned out to have a higher ratio of cheese and sauce which made it taste better. It was also lower carb which was good for us.
At one time groceries were my family's largest espenses. Not anymore. We budget $50 a person per week (inclusive of eating out!).
When I have a "failed" attempt at a new meal, I try to use that meal as an ingredient in another instead of throwing it out.
For example, the other night I baked boneless chicken and coated it in taco seasoning, added hot jar salsa & jalapeno pepper jack cheese. I served over mixed stir fry of onions, peppers, chilies and zucchini. The result was great …in theory, just way too Spicy for me to eat. So for lunch the next day I diced the same chicken, added two pkgs ramon noodles w/ season packet and water, and the stir fry veggies, to make an awesome tortilla-style southwest soup. It was excellent!
I try to avoid throwing food away. We buy what we need and use fresh items before they spoil. We splurge and eat out maybe once a week, but use a coupon, split meals or take in early bird specials. Nobody goes home hungry.
In the summer I have a friend who grows too many zucchini. I heard about zucchini lasagna and I tried it. It was not only fabulous, but got an extra serving of veggies into my kids. Slice the zucchini lengthwise into 1/4 slices and layers them in place of the noodles. All the other ingredients and layers are the same. Enjoy!
You can make zucchini bread and zucchini cakes (like potato pancakes) too.
What I am making now, one of my friends calls "garbage" but I love it because I don't need anymore. I live frugally.
For example, whenever I peel apples, carrots, pears, or oranges, I make great "tea". I just put the peels in a big microwave bowl, and fill it up with water. I set the microwave for 5 minutes, take the bowl out, and let it cool. Then I strain and put it in the refrigerator to get cold. This flavored water can be used for many things. I have boiled potato in it, and used it to replace water in stew. Try it, it's free.
You have a great idea, except for using the microwave. Everything that we do in a microwave, we can do on a stove or in its oven and that is much healthier.
There is no real life left in food that is prepared in a microwave.
Eat healthy and drink abundantly of life giving water! There is not much sense in being frugal if you shorten your lifespan!
I'm sorry, but the claim that "There is no real life left in food that is prepared in a microwave" is total nonsense. In fact, vegetables that are steamed in a microwave preserve far more of their vitamins (because they stay in the food) than those that are boiled in water.
I would advise you to do some reading on the effects of microwaves on food molecules. It does alter them and can actually kill them. Even steaming them leaches much of the nutrients into the water. I prefer roasting veggies to retain nutrients and enhance flavor.
All cooking modifies the structure of the molecules in food — that's rather the point, isn't it? All cooking methods 'kill the food molecules', whatever you mean by that.
I disagree that steaming (by microwaves or otherwise) significantly leaches nutrients into the water. Individual nutrients are affected differently by different cooking methods: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwaving#Effects_on_food_and_nutrients for info about the effects of microwaving. Roasting food chars it on the outside, producing compounds that are somewhat carcinogenic (especially with meat). No one cooking method is superior to any other in every respect; it all depends on what is being cooked, how long for, and so on.
That's why 80% of what we eat should be RAW!!!
I'm almost two years late in responding to this comment, but since I feel so strongly about it, here goes. With no disrespect Joanne, re your post of 8/26/11; I feel that you and other readers should know that what you are doing is not safe for your overall well being, and that you have been misled. It's not the microwave vs stove cooking method that I'm referring too, it's the filth you are using to make tea and/or other broths with.
My father was a farmer and taught us never to eat or drink from the peelings of any fruit or vegetable. For instance; our tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and the like were always washed and peeled, and the discard was fed to the hogs. After peeling, the fruit & veggie was then rinsed under running water to remove any residue that might have gotten onto the freshly peeled fruit or veggie from the peeling process. He taught that the outer peel was God's way of protecting the meat of the fruit & vegetable. And he was right.
Consider this: For example, you are boiling and drinking the outer filth of carrots that grew in the dirt where insects and worms live; ditto for your potatoes. This is pure dirt clinging too and embedded in these foods. Insects & worms come into contact with those potatoes and carrots, etc., and lay their excrement and eggs into the little folds of the potato and carrots and other underground growing foods such as root foods, etc.
You can boil these peelings all you want but you are literally eating the wash off of bug & worm do-do, dirt and filth. The same goes for fruits & veggies that grow above the ground, such as tomatoes & cucumbers, etc. Bugs & worms light on them and do their business, as well as the hardened residue of insecticides on the surfaces of these peelings.
Leafy greens such as turnips, collards, cauliflower, brussle sprouts and the like, should be washed repeatedly several times over, cooked to boiled and the water drained off, then recooked again. Do NOT eat or drink this boiled wash off. It contains fly and insect larvae as well as insecticides. You think 'steamed' is the way to go? It isn't, not unless these foods have been thoroughly washed and boiled FIRST.
I want you to try a little experiment like I did; wash your potatoes with the peelings still on them, using a scrub brush, then put them in a pot and boil them . Just look at the filth and dirt that is in the boiled water! I did this three times using the same potatoes, each time starting over with clean water. At the end of the third wash, still trying to clean the unpeeled potatoes, the water was STILL dirty and filthy. Is THIS what you want to drink and eat? Smoking is not the only thing that causes cancer, so does a host of other things, such as what we put into our mouth and digestive tract.
Forget what restaurants and nutritionists are telling you about all the nutrition that is hypothetically in the peelings; yes, it is, but it is for the hogs and insects. By cooking potatoes still in the filthy peeling and eating your salad with the cucumber and tomato peel still on the slice, you are eating/drinking sewer filth. Good lord woman, STOP eating or drinking this filth. Peel your fruits & veggies and discard the filth. Clean eating is actually more important to your health than spotlessly clean living. Thank you all for hearing me out.
…thank you , I too, have boiled veggies, and the water in the pan is crummy…I like your dad's idea of GOD's way of protecting what's inside the veggies and fruits we eat…PEEL OFF THOSE OUTER SKINS ! HOWEVER, I sure do like the taste of a warm baby-cuke right out of the garden ! THERE's nothing like the taste !
…thank you for your ' tea' idea..I shall try it…I did try growing melon indoors..no fruit but plenty of green viney leaves !!! CONGRATS to the common worker for downsizing…wealthy folks would have a coronary if they had to do what we do each day ! ONWARD PPL !!
This practice is not safe. My father was a farmer and was avidly against our eating or drinking anything that was derived from the outer peelings of fruits and vegetables. Those that grow above the ground are covered in fertilizer and insect bowel residue. The reason God gave us these outer peelings is to protect us from eating unhealthy and unclean outer skins of the fruits and veggies inside them, including tomatoes and cucumbers, etc.
Ditto for those that grow underground such as radishes, carrots and potatoes. Drop a few in a pot of boiling water and watch the dirt and filth that boils out. See how many MORE times you have to boil them before they come out clean. Duh… they never do. Do you eat banana peels and raw peanut shells? Of course you don't; the thick and hard shell is to protect the meat of the peanuts and the banana. The same goes for all other fruits and veggies. PEEL AND WASH THEM!
One would think that God gave you the good sense to know when to keep filth out of your digestive system, which is your sewer/plumbing system that provides nourishment (and or nasty toxins) throughout your body. You're using this nasty filth to make TEA and drinking it? Take a look at your hair, your nails, your skin… What do you see? Not good. My final conclusion? God forbid. Keep this nasty crap OUT of your mouth!
I am 81 years old and on a minimal income. I don't know what else I can cut back on.
My father is 85 yrs old and does a lot of things that save $ or are little cost.
He socializes a few times a week with his core group of friends. His appetite is relatively small compared to portion size, so he splits a restaurant meal and the cost with a friend. He enjoys going on "senior discount days" too. [McDonald's bottomless cup of Coffee is always $.50 for seniors!] If he uses a coupon from the newspaper for buy-1/get 1-free deals, he will split the cost of the single meal and take the extra portion home.
Our local senior center has discounted on-site lunches weekdays daily and it's a great way to socialize. He plays bridge twice a week at $4 cost, but if he helps set up/clean up, or agrees to take a walk-in visitor partner that is without a partner on a given night… than his play is free.
The list of events for next to nothing is long for seniors in our area. The local library has free movie nights, speakers and art shows and the local book store has book signings. Seniors get discount tickets at the local little theater, movie theater, etc. Our senior center has a huge 20′ bulletin board in the lobby with local happenings & services for and about seniors.
I highly suggest you look into your local senior center and get on their mailing list. They are a goldmine of information on cost saving suggestions and shared expenses.
Hopefully, there is a senior center near his home.
To I'm just sayin'; since Frank Paul already said he is 81 yrs old and living on a minimal income, but can't see where he can cut back any further; I doubt he can afford all these nice little econo-senior citizen niceties you refer too that collectively add up to a nice tidy little bundle for an elder gent who already can't make it.
Mr. Frank, if you do not already use them, contact Meals On Wheels near your area. You will answer some questions, but you do not have to 'prove' yourself to these people. They are there to help you. They will deliver to you a nice hot lunch 5 or six days a week. Also, call your county senior services. They will be able to furnish you info for receiving frozen meals every week that will provide your evening meals weekly. You will need to improvise a little, but overall these services will cut back drastically on your food costs. If you need to economize on travel, contact "Fish" in your area. They will provide free rides to and from your appointments and shopping, with only a one day notice for setting up your ride. All of these services are fee, provided by volunteers and will save you a tidy sum of money. God bless.
Some places have local energy government assistance programs that help you with your heat bill and commodity food assistance programs that provide food give-away regularly. Many churches also have weekly or monthly food give-away and some also give away clothing and furniture. Also, some places have transportation for senior citizens/disabled persons for low cost. The local senior citizen center or the local human services dept may have information on other assistance.


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Carol L. Lundmark, 68, of Edinboro, formerly of Harborcreek, died Sunday, March 24, 2019 at home. She was born in Erie, Pa on July 20, 1950, the daughter of the late Ralph and Irene Montgomery.
She graduated from Strong Vincent High School.
She loved reading, especially Debbie Macomber's books, gardening, and therapy shopping. Carol was an honorary lifetime member of the Harborcreek Fire Dept. Auxiliary.
She had worked previously at Scott Enterprises as a bookkeeper.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Lundmark; a sister-in-law, Dorthy Snow; two brother-in-laws, William Snow and Roger Powell; and a nephew, Doug Snow.
Survivors include a son, Thomas (Jesica) Lundmark; step-mother, Judy Montgomery; a step-son, Jim (Lynn) Lundmark; a son-in-law, Ronald D. Morton; a brother, David Montgomery; a sister, Joyce Powell; and a grandson, Marcus Morton; also, many nieces and nephews.
Memorial gathering will be at Tom and Jesica's, this Saturday, March 30. Please contact them for further information.
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A cluster is a group of computers that are linked together so they act as a one computer.
A network computer is designed primarily to communicate using Internet based standards, but has no hard disk. It has only limited functionality.
Host-based and client-based networks are similar in that the client computer performs most of the work.
The earliest data communications networks were client-server networks.
As the demand for more and more network applications grow; host-based computing becomes the best solution.
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Middleware is the software that sits between the application software on the client and the application software on the server.
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Scalability refers to the ability to increase or decrease the capacity of the computing infrastructure in response to changing capacity needs.
To use the Web, each client computer requires a data link layer software package called a Web browser.
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The World Wide Web was conceived at University of Utah as part of the development of the Internet.
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The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is the least commonly used e-mail standard.
The two-tier e-mail architecture does not require any application software on the client computer.
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In order to make tourists have a walk in the beech forest easily, an admission of 500 yen including the rental boots etc.
It is specially recommended to those tourists who want to have visit to the beech forest.
1 hour trail and 30-minute trail are available.
Take a train at Hirosaki Station via the Gono Line, getting off at Ajigawasawa Station, transfer to a bus.
Only one bus service at 11:45.
1 hour from Hirosaki Station.


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by Genevieve N. Williams
Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar
May 1, 2017 /in Book Reviews /by Miciah Bay Gault
Portrait of the Alcoholic – Kaveh Akbar
Sibling Rivalry Press
Kaveh Akbar in Portrait of the Alcoholic writes with such spiritual risk and honesty that we as readers are brought into the liminal spaces of language, addiction, and displacement. Sobriety is maintained through community, and empathy is written into every poem of this collection. These poems explore relationships between addict and drink, between people, cultures, and languages. From the opening poem, "Some Boys Aren't Born They Bubble," we are pulled in by Akbar's wild metaphors and similes: "sometimes one will disappear into himself / like a ram charging a mirror when this happens / they all feel it." When I ordered my copy of Portrait of the Alcoholic, I'd recently been released from probation for a DUI, was working fewer and fewer hours at the bar where I'd worked for nine years, and was easing into the realization that I had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. At weekly, court-mandated AA meetings, I listened to people's stories and contributed my own. We felt collective pride when someone maintained sobriety and collective worry when another relapsed. This sense of community and shared recovery comes through Akbar's opening poem and is maintained throughout this gorgeous collection.
Empathy is central to Portrait of the Alcoholic, as are moments of profound vulnerability. "When I wake, I ask God to slide into my head quickly before I do," Akbar writes in the poem "Being in this World Makes Me Feel like a Time Traveler." When the court mandated I attend AA meetings, I feared being inundated with religious dogma. That wasn't my experience. Attending a small meditation group Saturday afternoons, I was grounded by our discussions and weekly repetition of the Serenity Prayer. We talked about spiritual fitness. We practiced mindfulness. The disease of alcoholism is tricky — Akbar beautifully articulates its complexities and the necessity of vulnerability in maintaining sobriety.
It's not only alcoholism that these poems grapple with, it's also immigration, language, memory, displacement, and the realities of a life lived in the margins and with resilience. These themes are woven together seamlessly in the poem "Do You Speak Persian?" Akbar writes,
I don't remember how to say home
in my first language, or lonely, or light.
I remember only
delam barat tang shodeh, I miss you,
and shab bekheir, goodnight.
How is school going, Kaveh-joon?
Delam barat tang shodeh.
Are you still drinking?
Shab bekheir.
For so long every step I've taken
has been from one tongue to another.
From his childhood in Iran to his life in the United States, Akbar has carried not only memory but also the loss of memory, not only language but also the loss of language.
Language is also a means for resistance, for gaining control over craving. Step one of Alcoholics Anonymous is to admit we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. By naming a thing, by admitting to the disease of alcoholism, there's some power regained in an otherwise powerless situation. Akbar's tone is tender even as it's regretful. "I am less horrible than I could be," he writes in the poem "Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Inpatient),"
I've never set a house on fire never thrown a first-born off a bridge still my whole life I answered every cry for help with a pour with a turning away I've given this coldness many names thinking if it had a name it would have a solution thinking if I called a wolf a wolf I might dull its fangs
Vulnerability is in this honest examination of self, an attempt to gain control of craving in its naming.
In the poem "Portrait of the Alcoholic with Craving," Akbar writes in stanzas that zigzag across the page,
I've lost the unspendable coin I wore around
my neck that protected me from you, leaving it
bodyhot in the sheets of a tiny bed in Vermont. If you
could be anything in the world
you would. Just last week they found the glass eye
of a saint buried in a mountain. I don't remember
which saint or what mountain, only
how they said the eye felt warm
in their palms. Do you like
your new home, tucked
away between brainfolds? To hold you
always seemed as unlikely
as catching the wind in an envelope. Now
you are loudest before bed, humming like a child
put in a corner. I don't mind
much; I have never been a strong sleeper, and often
the tune is halfway lovely. Besides, if I ask you to leave
you won't.
The poem continues this mindful attention to addiction, and is true to the experience of recovery. The addiction doesn't go away. Here, Akbar addresses alcoholism as though it was a person, and this heightens the intimacy between alcoholic and alcoholism. We readers feel the persistence of craving, as we experience it through Akbar's rich language and sensory detail.
As someone who has struggled in my own relationship with alcohol and alcoholics, I related to Akbar's beautiful articulation of desperation and need, and of recovery. The willingness in these poems to express a raw vulnerability and to name an experience we often keep secret is as healing as it is artistically rewarding. Kaveh Akbar's Portrait of the Alcoholic is a collection that sings of experience, that evokes vulnerability, and that implicitly asks us as readers to look honestly at our lives.
Kaveh Akbar's poems appear recently or soon in The New Yorker, Poetry, Tin House, Ploughshares, FIELD, Georgia Review, PBS NewsHour, Harvard Review, American Poetry Review, Narrative, The Poetry Review, AGNI, New England Review, A Public Space, Prairie Schooner, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry International, Best New Poets 2016, Guernica, Boston Review, and elsewhere. His debut full-length collection, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, is forthcoming with Alice James Books in Fall 2017, and his chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic, is out with Sibling Rivalry Press. The recipient of a 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, Kaveh was born in Tehran, Iran, and currently lives and teaches in Florida.
Kaveh founded and edits Divedapper, a home for dialogues with the most vital voices in contemporary poetry. Previously, he ran The Quirk, a for-charity print literary journal. He has also served as Poetry Editor for BOOTH and Book Reviews Editor for the Southeast Review. Along with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, francine j. harris, and Jonathan Farmer, he starred on All Up in Your Ears, a monthly poetry podcast.Running sports | Nike SB Dunk High Hawaii , Where To Buy , CZ2232-300 , Worldarchitecturefestival
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Lucan wines are numerous and fine. Basilicata has obtained recently the designation "Basilicata IGT (Regional Geographical Indication)", with which white, red and rosé wines produced in the entire territory of Basilicata. Indeed, although with a limited production, three wines have defined DOC: "Aglianico del Vulture Doc", since 1971, and more recently "Terre dell'Alta val d'Agri DOC" and "DOC Matera". The last but not the least and pride for Lucan wine is "Grottino IGT".
In Basilicata, wine tradition is very strong and is handed down from father to son. It has results which continuously improve, thanks to the use of ever-new technologies. The latter serve man even in this sector but they never replace the ancient techniques of wine production and the attention of who knows the art of the good wine.
It is because Basilicata, which has been inhabitated by different populations and cultures, has acquired its strong cultural identity; the latter is revealed by its culinary and typical products. This is the reason of the importance of the Lucan wine.


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