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Patrice Lewis is a freelance writer whose latest book is "The Simplicity Primer: 365 Ideas for Making Life more Livable." She is co-founder (with her husband) of a home woodcraft business. The Lewises live on 20 acres in north Idaho with their two homeschooled children, assorted livestock, and a shop that overflows into the house with depressing regularity. Visit her blog at www.rural-revolution.com.
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Hallmark Christmas horror stories

by Patrice Lewis -- Apparently, there is a television channel by Hallmark featuring squeaky-clean and utterly wholesome made-for-television movies with happily-ever-after endings. Disclaimer: We haven't had television reception in over 25 years more…

The climate change pit of despair

by Patrice Lewis -- Everywhere you turn, you are bombarded with concerns about climate change. Whether the weather is sunny, windy, hot, cold, dry, wet, blizzard-y, hurricane-y, or somewhere in between, "climate more…

1 sure-fire way to improve the holidays

by Patrice Lewis -- Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and all the days in between are often dreaded. Why? Because it's the time of year relatives gather to share meals and enjoy each more…

Poking fun at Black Friday

by Patrice Lewis -- Excuse me while I tread on sacred ground here, but I have a confession to make: I hate shopping. I mean, I seriously hate shopping. It's a necessary more…

How to meet a man

by Patrice Lewis -- A couple weeks ago, a rediscovered McCall's magazine article dating back 60 years – to 1958 – took the internet by storm. Kim Marx-Kuczynski from Madison, Wisconsin, found more…

Homeschool or die

by Patrice Lewis -- Every time a tragic shooting happens, it takes about five minutes for renewed cries of "Gun control!" to come echoing down the line. The loudest cries come when more…

When is it good to slap a woman?

by Patrice Lewis -- Some time ago, I stumbled upon an article entitled "The Shortcut To True Intimacy You'll Want To Try Immediately" by Blaire Briody. Now "intimacy" is a term that more…

Now milk is racist. What next?

by Patrice Lewis -- I have a confession to make: I don't like chocolate. Neither do I like coffee. Chocolate is just "meh"; but I loathe coffee in any form. (I jokingly more…

The new normal: Don't hire a woman

by Patrice Lewis -- Some time ago, Kyle S. Reyes, CEO of a company called the Silent Partner Marketing, got sick and tired of dealing with prospective employees who were a poor more…