The People You Allow Inside Your Quarantine Will Change You
Before I moved in with her, I knew Vicki Robin only as the local author of the personal-finance bestseller Your Money or Your Life, the matriarch of the financial independence…
Buying Your Freedom to Be a Writer
I landed at the house of Vicki Robin in early February. The plan was that I, in between apartments, would live in her island home, in a room with a…
Why a Writer Might Want to Care About Frugality
I'm doing Liz Frugalwoods' Uber-frugal challenge this month, and I don't like it. I mean, I like her and her challenge, but I don't like feeling like I can't do…
I Don’t Want to Be Frugal, But I Want to Be a Writer
It's spending season. The sun shines upon Seattlites at University Village as I run to the Amazon book store, because it's the only place to return the clothes I bought…