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Downwardly Mobile On The Oregon Trail

November 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment · health & well being, money, Oregon

How To Slash Your Heating Bill

October 25th, 2012 · 2 Comments · energy, home & garden, money

This post has gotten thousands of views since I originally put it up in December 2008. It’s definitely the time of year to review how to conserve energy and the money we spend on it. The main principle in slashing home heating bills is to keep people warm, when they are in the house, rather than keeping unoccupied space warm. It’s [...]

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Bright Shiny Objects, Part II

October 18th, 2012 · 4 Comments · money, spirituality & religion

Last Sunday I posted on the Habitat For Humanity fundraiser I attended. I felt it was dominated by bright shiny objects, and was straying from its mission of affordable housing, co-built by people of all income levels, with materialism and elitism. Not surprisingly, some commenters (fellow attendees and friends of mine) had a differing opinion. So [...]

Bright Shiny Objects

October 14th, 2012 · 3 Comments · lifestyle, money, spirituality & religion

I went to a Habitat For Humanity fundraiser at the Nines here in Portland on Friday night, excited because I love their mission of building stable, affordable housing for low-income families. My husband and I have donated steadily to Habitat over the last five years. But I came away disillusioned, blinded by the event’s bright shiny objects. The [...]

Being Rich, Yet Poor

October 4th, 2012 · 2 Comments · money, relationships

Today’s post is a follow-up to my fifth most-read post, The Poverty of Hyperindividualism. Incidentally, this autumn marks the fifth anniversary of Diamond-Cut Life! Many thanks to my readers who have posted more than 750 comments on 490 posts, and made my writing a rich, joyful thing. If you subscribe (to your right) you might win the drawing [...]

The Art Of Self-Entertaining

September 20th, 2012 · 2 Comments · entertainment, lifestyle, money

Happy autumn equinox! The equinox actually falls two days from now on Saturday, but since I post on Thursdays and Sundays, here a few ideas now on how to celebrate the autumn equinox. This post also sparks further ideas. What is your favorite source of entertainment? Is it watching TV,

When Cars Are Like Condoms (Or, Why I Love Transit)

September 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · entertainment, money, transportation, urban-rural divide

Bright, sunny skies today in Montreal, Canada, where I’m enjoying a car-free* vacation with my husband Thor. We chose Montreal partly because it has the luxury of a good transit system. In rural areas and small towns, which I also love to visit, cars

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The Wages Of Packing Lightly

September 9th, 2012 · 2 Comments · global warming and climate change, money, transportation

Leaving for our Montreal vacation in a week! We’re looking forward to using its excellent transit system and

Deep Survival And Living Off The Financial Grid

September 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments · books, money

I’ve been writing Diamond-Cut Life for almost five years now from my conviction that happiness and integrity come not from material wealth, but from things better than that. Things like

How To Spend Less Money On Gas, 2012

May 28th, 2012 · 3 Comments · money, transportation

Gas prices were the highest they’ve ever been on the West Coast over this past Memorial Day weekend. However much gas costs, though, we always have some control over how much we spend on it. These tips will help you take back that control.

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