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Beholden to Beauty

Who decides what is beautiful? Is the old saying that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” true? It certainly seems that at least in America, the standard of beauty is white, female, white-blonde hair, large breasts, pouty lips, and a thin, tanned body. But is that what beauty truly is or is that [...]

The Oil Addicts' Shot at Redemption

There is really no getting around it anymore. We (in all industrialized countries and now many, many developing nations) are addicts. Oil addicts. And like most addicts, we try and deny and lie and say there is no problem. It feels too good. It is too easy. We don’t want to work hard to do the [...]

How to Live Long and Prosper

I think that Star Trek has the best greeting phrase ever “Live Long and Prosper”. But what does that really mean? I love to read about how people do it “right”. Recently, National Geographic did a study on the people who lived the longest, and most fufilling lives. Because what good is extending your life [...]

The Prison of Long-Term Debt

I was just thinking about how long I’ve lived in my current home. Seven years. It’s gone by pretty fast. And as our lives have improved, my husband and I both advancing in our careers and getting higher paying jobs, we have stayed put in our “starter home”.  And we have bought a few rentals [...]