Self Sufficiency Is Mostly a Story, and Partly Not
I traced every input in one homemade breakfast back to where it came from and none of it started here. What is left after you give…
Made Not Bought
On Giving People Things You Made
Handmade gifts are not free, they are not always welcome, and they put the person receiving them in an awkward position more often than we admit.…
When the Batch Goes Wrong
Nobody counts failure when they calculate whether making something at home is worth it. After a few years of throwing things out, I have opinions about…
What an Hour of Making Actually Costs Me
I tracked my minutes for six weeks to find out which homemade projects were paying me a decent wage and which were quietly costing me. Most…
The Homemade Cleaners I Stopped Making
I spent two years making my own household cleaners before admitting they were not saving me money, not saving me time, and in one case were…
Bread Was the One That Stuck
Out of everything I tried to make instead of buy, bread is the only habit that survived three years. Here is my honest accounting of what…