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Ways to Make Do With What You Have

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Instead of paying for television programming, view free TV or cheap movies on Netflix (or maybe even read a real book!). If you can’t afford a gift, make or do something for the recipient. If you can’t afford air-conditioning, consider a ceiling or attic fan as an alternative.

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Americans pride themselves on their ‘Yankee ingenuity’ – making do or doing without. A back up way to generate my own electricity (generator or solar panels with batteries) – to power my refrigerator/freezer and my wood stove fan. However, I have longed to have those back up systems in place.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Until, that is, she went out to the ‘library’ with her book one day, sat on the outdoor privy and got stung on the bottom by a bee! Dolly, in her book, talked about her childhood entertainment. They used the berries to make a purple die and painted their own and each others bodies with it! Poverty is inconvenient.

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