Category: Newsletter

  • Four Keys to Successful Secondhand Shopping

    If you’re used to mainstream retail stores and endless online options, secondhand shopping can be a shock to the system. You may feel overwhelmed or directionless. Yes, the world is filled with already-manufactured stuff, but how do you actually transition to a “secondhand first” lifestyle? First, you probably need to think ahead more than you Continue reading

  • Choose secondhand first.

    Secondhand September is underway, so I thought I would confront you with an uncomfortable truth: You don’t need brand new stuff. Believe it or not, I’m not all that “crunchy.” I consider myself environmentally aware, but I wouldn’t call myself a hardcore environmentalist. I commit plenty of eco-sins, but I have a consistent eco-virtue: I Continue reading

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    Flash Fiction: This Road Is Cursed

    A trucker buddy sent me a meme the other day of a hand-lettered sign reading, “This road is cursed.” I chuckled, but I can truthfully say that certain roads are sinister. I fell into over-the-road truck driving as a young man. I had no encumbrances – no partner, not even a loyal dog at home Continue reading