by Dwane | Oct 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Just found out today that the Old English/Anglo-Saxon work for wealth and prosperity is… thrift. From now on, I refer to thrift stores as wealth stores. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Almost every...
by Dwane | Sep 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Not long ago, I finished reading Your Money or Your Life by Vicky Robin and Joe Dominguez. For years, I have read financial books. Not sure how I missed this one. The authors published it years ago. These days, during times of high inflation, we need all the help we...
by Dwane | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Words change over time. We know that. Sententious is one of those words. Sententious once meant full of wisdom. These days, it kind of means full of it. (Hint. The it in full of it is not wisdom.) In Latin sententiosus meant full of meaning. This word came from...
by Dwane | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
I read a lot. Comes with the territory, I suppose. During the school year, I try to focus on Latin, German, Greek, French, and Spanish. But, I often get distracted by English. To combat this, I divide the day by languages. In the morning, I focus on French and...
by Dwane | Sep 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
I recently finished writing a book about working online. In it, I hope to show other teachers how to make a living online. While writing the book, I researched dozens of paths. I have been earning my living online since 2011. After all this time, I believe one of the...
by Dwane | Sep 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Cheeseparing – Saving via extreme frugality If someone cuts for you a rather thin piece of cheese, they are cheeseparing. Perhaps because they are frugal. Cheeseparing comes from the Old English word for cheese (case) and the Old French word for trimming,...
