Pink Slime Filter

This morning’s paper had an article about the uprising over ammonia-treated pink slime and the fact that it’s on the menu in many of our nation’s schools. The pile of tiny pink sticks of pseudo-beef filler in the accompanying photo did nothing to quell the uneasy feeling in my gut as I read the article.…

Let’s Talk

Sex and Money, the last two topics we don’t talk openly about in America. I first wrote this in my 2nd blog post almost three years ago. You know what? Things haven’t gotten much better. Sure, we have the surface conversations about what we or the government should do with our money—but do we ever really talk about how our beliefs and values show up?…

Harm Reduction: Nice Idea!

Recently I was introduced to the concept of harm reduction. It was offered to me in the context of food, but the term was first used in the field of alcohol and drug addiction. But to be brutally honest, food and money are  just another form of addiction and so I decided to investigate this concept further.…

Citizen Beware

Last week I heard someone use the phrase citizen beware while remarking that we had all become consumers. We’re used to hearing consumer beware of course, and it got me wondering what the connection is and what they had to do with money beliefs.…

I’m Thankful for Money

I don’t need to tell you that this upcoming holiday is all about being thankful.  We’re gearing up to answer that age old Thanksgiving question:  what are you thankful for?  And, because It’s Not About The Money! you’re probably thinking the last thing I’d be writing about is being thankful for money.…