living simply

Earlier this week Oprah Winfrey devoted a show to the question "What can you live without?" Two families agreed to carry out an experiment for the show, living for a week without shopping, spending, or wasting anything. Her question resonated with me. What could I live without? A car? Since I...

When my wife and I moved to New York from the relative comfort of Southwest Virginia, we were optimistic about our job prospects. She had a verbal promise of employment from a major cosmetics company, and I had a placement coordinator who was very excited about my options. However, her cosmetics...