The Radical Homemaker

Warning: Blending authenticity with joy may arouse contempt.

Swiping Right

“If we both joined Tinder, do you think we’d match with each other?” “No.” “Hey!  You answered too fast.  And what do you mean by that?”  I swat Bob on the butt. We’re watching a Tinder drama play out in real-time while cooking dinner.  Saoirse is dressed and ready to leave on a date.  I’m […]

The Multiplier Effect

In grad school, we couldn’t study community development without discussing the multiplier effect.  An economic term, the multiplier effect is the increase in economic output that results from a capital infusion.  We were taught that it’s a pretty big deal in small, locally-based economies, because of the amount of financial recirculation.  That recirculation creates more […]

Love is the Main Ingredient

“I think I need to do yoga with you.” Nine words out of my husband’s mouth on Friday morning, and I knew something was seriously wrong.   I sit up from shavasana and give him a suspicious stare.  His eyes are glassy.  “I’m getting creaky like you,” he says softly.  “I’m feeling it up my […]

Pass the Soap

I think the last time I bought a bar of soap was in 1999.   That was the year Bob was fired on November first.  That was the year I spent a lot of time in the woods, contemplating home economics and financial security.  We were down to our last few dollars when we made […]