June 2025
Archive (4)
The aggregation letter from the city and why we opted out
A letter said we'd be switched to a group electric rate unless we opted out. What it meant, how it compared and the call I made.
Aldi or Kroger for two people: a month of receipts
I alternated stores for four weeks and kept every receipt. Prices, quality and which one fits a two-person kitchen better.
My first summer after 24 years at the school office
Leaving a school-office job in June felt like the last day of school, except nobody was coming back in August. How I spent the first summer.
Shrinking the vegetable garden to two raised beds
For years I planted for four. This spring I cut it to two beds, eight tomato plants and a lot fewer zucchini.