The Economics of “Stuff”
Birch Pathway, by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson In our college days, we frequented the yard sales, filling our rented hut with others’ cast offs that managed to light our living room, cover the...
View ArticleQuick, Cheap, Simple French Bread
Homemade bread doesn’t taste anything like what you’re accustomed to buying in the store — Thank God. If you’ve never made bread before, cut yourself some slack — your first loaves may not be picture...
View ArticleEmpowerment: Making Your Own Bread
Back in the 1970s, the status symbol for school-aged children who brought their lunch in a brown bag (we did that back then) was Wonderbread. White, squishy, soft, building our little bodies in 12...
View ArticleThe Big Significance of Small Business
Normally, I avoid buying cookies, or anything, from strange children on my doorstep. It’s not so much that I discourage budding entrepreneurs as that I prefer to not support the mega-companies...
View ArticleFlu in Your House? Make FAST, cheap, chicken soup
Recently two members of our household (not me, not yet) succumbed to some sort of tummy ailment that precluded eating, and once they were on the mend and agitating for something more substantial than...
View ArticleCheap, Practical — and Sort of Odd — Gift Giving
Last Christmas, because everybody was in financially challenging situations, we agreed to go cheap on gifts — for everyone, that is, but the Toddler, who simultaneously performs the function of...
View ArticleRecipe: Fast, Cheap, Simple, Fresh HOT Salsa
I thought Norwegians ate dried fish soaked in beer, but my Norwegian Artist has a taste for hot stuff — Thai stir fry with flames emitting from the platter, salsa that kicks your taste buds across the...
View Article“We Can’t Live on What We’ve Got”
The odd thing about when we get to the point of saying that we absolutely can’t, is that we can. Somehow, we always do. Yes, You Can poster by Steve Henderson, based upon Dream Catcher Admit it. You’ve...
View ArticleEat Cheap and Seasonally with Zucchini Pasta Toss
Oh, those summer days. There are so many better things to do than spend a lot of time making dinner. Dandelions by Steve Henderson; licensed, open edition art print at Great Big Canvas. Now that I’ve...
View ArticleRecipe: Save Money Pork Stew
A good stew has vegetables in it, as well as meat. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. Theoretically, stew is supposed to be a cheap meal, because it’s a conglomeration of inexpensive ingredients...
View ArticleWhen Being Frugal Becomes Non-Christian
“A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” Luke 6:38 The last few weeks, I have been...
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