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First … I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts and will be posting here and on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe one of the things that we can do is use our $$ or lack of $$.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a sad but true meme: 0-1939 in 3 seconds referring to Tesla and Elon Musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AND, I live my life with the intent of being kind to myself, to my pets, to others … helping others if I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I get outside with Emmett and Oscar: walking and playing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I make art – watercolor and sketching, I work on my photography and videography. I bake and cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I make sure to notice the beauty all around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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