The Poor House
A funny thing happened on the way to the poor house. Yes, Martha, they used to have poor houses. Then they called them slum clearance projects followed by low-income housing and now tent cities it seems. Still a roof of any kind over your head can be a blessing even if it leaks. Mine thankfully doesn't. I always suspected on some level that poor was green. If you cannot afford the electric bill you do not leave lights, energy saving or not, on all the time. You lower the heat. You put on an extra layer of clothes. You don't waste money on bottled water and add all those plastic bottles to the landfill. And now I have bought the necessary cord and connections to make a clothes line which wastes no energy drying clothes. And I have cut down on the food budget. Weren't we told to not eat like our parents did? Down with the pork chops and gravy ! I like to eat good. And there are several items where only organic will do like eggs and dairy products and poultry. I generally buy...