simple living

Have you read every book Laura Ingalls Wilder has ever written? Did you watch every season of Little House on the Prairie over and over again and can you hear Melissa Gilbert cry “Pa!” just as clear as can be?  Did you even read Roger Lea MacBride's spinoff series about Laura’s daughter, Rose? Perhaps you’ve visited all the museums and still have documentation stating you belong to a LHOTP fan club you joined as a child. If you're nodding your head yes to everything I've asked you should pull out your calico bonnet and curl up in your distressed rocking chair with Caroline. Caroline is a

Having recently convinced my husband that we should downsize our house in two years when our youngest child graduates, it was natural for me to grab author Tammy Strobel’s, You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap), when I saw it on the shelf.  Strobel, a blogger about simple living and the tiny house movement, discusses why her and her spouse decided to abandon the “traditional” American lifestyle of “more is better” and focus on gaining time ……time for each other, their families, and the community around them.

Strobel makes a compelling argument for why material items only weigh a person down