First … I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts and will be posting here and on YouTube.

I also cancelled Amazon Prime and Kindle Unlimited. I have not deleted my Amazon Account. I hope to not buy from Amazon but the database of what and when I have purchased items is there and it can be helpful.

Generally, I plan to buy only necessities and at this point in time there is really not much I need to buy other than food and house supplies.

I know that there are some subscribers of my blog that are not in the U.S. … WHAT a mess! I fully support boycotting American products. I hope that within my lifetime we (U.S.) can turn things around and be forgiven.

I believe one of the things that we can do is use our $$ or lack of $$.

There is a sad but true meme: 0-1939 in 3 seconds referring to Tesla and Elon Musk.

I think that we (U.S.) may need to channel our 1939 (WWII) “rationing” mindset: make do and mend, reuse and repair, grow our own vegetables. I wish we weren’t in this position and that we hadn’t destroyed the trust of the world, but maybe a bit of frugality will be good for us.

I don’t intend this blog to be super political but there is part of me that feels if I do not do something, speak out, take some action … I am by inactivity complicit in the horror of current events.

So, I am living frugally and being as aware as possible where I spend by $$s. I write and email my Senators and Congressman. I spend some time educating myself on the facts of what is happening.

AND, I live my life with the intent of being kind to myself, to my pets, to others … helping others if I can.

I get outside with Emmett and Oscar: walking and playing.

I make art – watercolor and sketching, I work on my photography and videography. I bake and cook.

I make sure to notice the beauty all around me.