A handkerchief stuffed inside a pocket got me thinking about aspects of consumerism I’m happy I no longer have to deal with.
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How to Sew a Garden Kneeling Pad with Fabric Scraps

If you have old jeans and lots of fabric scraps, you have the components to sew a kneeling pad for comfortably working in the garden.
Some of the Stuff I Get Free

After recently picking up free mulch, I made a list of just some of the useful items I get for free regularly.
Sharing Resources in an Intentional Community

In 2005, I moved to an intentional community. My best friend’s husband calls it a hippie commune. That’s not quite accurate, but it’s getting warm. The Fellowship for Intentional Community defines this type of community as: An inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing communities, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, intentional living, alternative communities, cooperative living and other […]