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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I consoled myself with the thought that I rarely buy paper towels and use cloth napkins, so it all balances out. My mother grew up on a farm, and from her accounts my grandmother and grandfather (who also was a foreman at the local glass factory, along with being an independent farmer) were frugal, and sometimes times were tight.

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