A friend loaned me her parent’s budget books, one from 1940, one from 1974. They are a generation apart and reflect both simpler times and the evolution of our relationship with money to the confusing or even desperate situation we are in today. Joe Dominguez …
OMG. I still have so much to tell you. About my new food rules. About a Mr. Potato-mouth (a guy eating only potatoes for 60 days). About what I just learned at a Green Energy Fair from local farmers about policies that help and those …
I know you are waiting with baited breath to get the results of this month of 10 mile eating. The tally is below (scroll down), and here’s some exegesis on the text: I lost 6 pounds. My average calories a day were ~ 1600 so …
A story on NPR this morning on the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us in the United States, equaled only by the gap in the 1920’s. The 400 people on Forbes magazine’s list of the richest Americans saw their combined net worth …
I wonder if any of you feel as one respondent did to my e-invitation to join me on the Journey to the Heart of Brazil. She said, “And what is the footprint of flying folks to this event and how does the cost fit with …
Hey, I thought this was a money blog. Transforming your relationship with money. Not food. I’m discovering with my September 10 mile diet that truly the same principles and practices for looking at money apply to food. By only eating what can produced within 10 …
Wow one: The NY Times reported bankers using the D word. Depression. Wow two: The NY Times is now blogging about frugality. Wow one: On September 12 the NY Times used the “D” word. Depression. Not downturn. Not recession. Not banking crisis. Depression. They reported …
Two news stories this morning – unrelated? – mated in my mind and made this baby thought. Story one: because of the stalled economy and tight personal finances people are grocery shopping at WalMart instead of Whole Foods. They just can’t afford organics. Story two: …
I invited Mark Zaifman and Monique Tilford to join me for a teleclass by this name, knowing this question is on everyone’s minds. While Mark gave financial investment advice, I tended to give more lifestyle advice – examining assumptions about “just gotta have it”, meeting …
I’m glad Tricia’s and my experiment is inspiring more than the two of us and a handful of friends. http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/vicki-robin-my-10-mile-diet/my-10-mile-diet-…-in-a-global-food-system?utm_source=wkly20100910&utm_medium=yesemail&utm_content=nonsubs&utm_campaign=titleRobin.