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Hammock Reads June 2018: Stewardship

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So much of this blog encompasses love, liberty, and shelter (of course!) Our pursuit of all three, and our striving to pursue them in a unique, beautiful way. So how can we live a love-filled, meaningful life, considering what we have been given? Let’s begin with stewardship. Merriam-Webster says stewardship is: the conducting, supervising, or managing of something; especially the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.” Stewardship – The Earth is the Lord’s Dreams So maybe I’ll starts with some dreams Big Country and I have for the future . . . Creatively earning. Hopefully, Big will continue to… Read moreHammock Reads June 2018: Stewardship

Adventurous Ways to Save Money on Food

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For many of us, groceries are the single biggest monthly expense besides the roofs over our heads. But not to fear, there’s a plethora of creative ways to eat well and save money. From universities to dumpsters and kombucha brewing to elk hunting, read on, my food savvy friends! Become a Hunter Gatherer Become a Hunter Gatherer Gleaning. Urban fruit and vegetable gleaning is a wonderful way to procure high quality produce for free, often benefitting the owners of the tree or property as well. Fishing. Ask a knowledgeable friend who fishes about the opportunities in your area and how one would… Read moreAdventurous Ways to Save Money on Food

Beans and Rice and Everything Nice to the Food Budget

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Beans and rice and everything nice to the food budget At the tail end of a summer on the road, visiting far-flung family and camping in dozens of state and national parks, we arrived back to Arizona broke and about to start school. It was an intense, sobering time, a slap in the face to our invincible, youthful carelessness. And it was the summer of 2008, the last golden months before the economic downturn that has fashioned this past decade and rendered many of us into lean, hungry wolves constantly on the move. We got mad, but then we got… Read moreBeans and Rice and Everything Nice to the Food Budget

A Wild Student Loan Payoff Plan

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“I feel I kind of ruined my life by going to college; I can’t plan for an actual future.” Gazing forlornly out the window with her cat by her side (who has pets while under a mountain of debt?) Jackie Krowen, 32, of Portland, Oregon, discusses the student loan burden acquired in her education to become a nurse. student loan pay off debt “Special Report: the Student Debt Crisis,” the latest front-page story in Consumer Reports magazine, attempts to paint a sobering and sympathetic picture of various students that have fallen victim to the conspiring powers benefiting from the billion dollar student loan industry…. Read moreA Wild Student Loan Payoff Plan