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Occupied in Spirit
While this week, as those occupied have been evicted from camping at Zuccotti Park reassembled to march across the Brooklyn Bridge in protest their weeks of protest are now counted in months. They have grown in number of supporters not … Continue reading
Life’s Maze
Since arriving home from Florida my days have been busy catching up in the garden trashing expired crops, harvesting new crops, and doing lots of weeding. While I was away I continued my job search and like years past the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bachelor's degree, Blogging, Business and Economy, depression, economics, Economy, Employment, Florida, Garden, Home, Job hunting, Job Search, Labour economics, Master's degree, Mental Health, New York, unemployment
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The Compromised Vacation
As my reader’s know: I treasure my family vacations. This being a year of limited means I had booked a camping trip on Cape Cod. We love the cape, having vacationed there many times over the past ten years for … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, Blogging, Cape Cod, capecod, economics, Employment, Family, Friends, Garden, Massachusetts, Mental Health, New York, Parenting, Parenting Young Adults, unemployment, United States, Vacation
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Tastefully Dressed
Dressing the salads this summer has become an expensive task as the mayonnaise price is now double what I am comfortable paying. I’m use to waiting for the sale and stocking up when the price falls to $2.50 but that amount … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Humor, Life
Tagged cook, Country living, economics, Garden, Gardening, Hellmann's and Best Foods, Home, Italian dressing, Mayonnaise, Olive oil, Pasta salad, Protesting, Salad, Shopping, Spinach
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Where’s the Recovery?
Discrimination is a difficult subject to write about. “Maggie’s” plight of a frustrated woman, needed to be told, The Day Maggie Combs-Wilson Lost Her Sanity (Or Came To Her Senses) « JannaTWrites’s Blog, but the place of women in our society … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Credit card debt, depression, economics, Education, Employment, Home, Homeless, Housing Crisis, Labour economics, Money, Recession, Single-parent, Social Issues, Society, unemployment, USA
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Equal, What?
How can I criticize the progress made toward equal rights for women? We have it all, right? We have a place in the workforce. Oh, that’s right, this economic recovery has put men back to work, not women. More women … Continue reading
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Tagged Child support, Discrimination, economics, Employment, Head of Household, Inequality, Single-parent, Society, United States, Wages, Women, Women's rights
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#100 A Riddle
I am not looking for your approval. Nor, is it necessary that I give my business to you. I don’t need to go shopping because it’s a holiday or a made up one by marketers. Hold on to your Bible, … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, economics, Environment, Humor, Industrialization, Protest, Religion and Spirituality, Slow Food, Sustainability
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Expectations
As I am continually thinking about what I can’t stand about this house as I walk from room to room paralyzed by its need of repair, organization, and cleaning, now that there is a plan to move, I think about … Continue reading
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Tagged Country living, economics, Farm, Parenting Young Adults, Relationships, Respect, The Farm
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Flowers For Diane
Saturday night, I walked into Shoprite and was nearly knocked over by the enormous floral display. The lovely bouquets of roses: red, white, and pink, big and small, were amongst mixed flower arrangements set out for this very special day. … Continue reading
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Tagged Business and Economy, commercialism, Death, economics, Floristry, Flower, Holidays, Home, Loss, Mother's Day, Mourning, Shopping, Sisters, Valentine's Day
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