This article makes a good case for simplicity leading to peace of mind and enjoyment of life.<<<
I can speak from experience, for I have lived a long time and in periods of plenty money and then again in periods of not enough, so I have “ been there”.
Surviving is a lot more fun than going out and shopping.
I have mountains of collected stuff, and cannot use any of it, due to bad health....so it sets and rots.
One of these days, I will put it all in the Free Cycle, or the family will.
A campfire, a pot of beans and a pot of coffee and you have the makings of memories.... for me.
Thanks for reading and posting with us here, you are welcome to just join in, the others will be back, as soon as the canning and garden harvesting is caught up.
If I could get out and about, I would be active in the Free Cycle world, for what is more fun than giving what you have and getting what you really need enough to ask for?
LOL, of course, I see lots of impulse things there too.
Finally got to spend the holiday weekend camping at Moosehead Lake. The state has made wonderful rustic campsites in many places along the lake. Outhouses, fire rings and picnic tables right on the very edge of the lake. Not many people take advantage of these sites nowadays as they have fancy RVs and need electricity to be comfortable. Well, these two very old people had a wonderful time, sleeping in the back of our vehicle, cooking over a campfire, thinking of you granny, and how much you would enjoy being there. Saw 30 young loons all in one flock?, covey? group? Never saw more than 3-4 together at one time before. There were 6 larger loons in another group. On the unimproved road returning to civilization, we had a cow moose jump out of a bog just inches away from our vehicle and saunter down the road at his leisure despite hubby honking his horn at her. Also encountered a red coyote in the road. Never saw a red one before.
Wneighbor, I did reply to the beekeeping threads as we kept bees for many, many years. Very interesting creatures. Docile and easy to handle if approached correctly. Too bad that diseases have decimated the hives around here.