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Yes, you can bake bread

By Lindsay Curren | February 23, 2012

Fresh Bread

My husband and I are on one heck of a family resilience bender. When we first got married almost three years ago, we focused on insulating our place from attic to basement, shaving 20% off of our heating and cooling expenses. This really adds up. But in the past six months our efforts have turned more to homemaker re-skilling. We've added a rain barrel and composter. He's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Products, Re-skilling Tagged With: food, Lindsay's Yes you can series, reskilling, urban homesteading

New take on the cowboy tie is back

By Staff Reports | February 9, 2011

Bulldogging.

Ever been bulldogging? Me neither. I think you can be a manly man and still care about animals. For me, bulldogging is one of the more cruel rodeo events in that antiquated American sport. You tackle animals and slam them to the ground. Not something I'm likely to do. Unsightly. Inspires sensitive people to cringe. And then cringe again. And why would anyone want that? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: homesteading, local economy, peak oil, relocalization, reskilling

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