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Feeling Rich

I remember the first time I felt like I was rich. Standing in the check out line at […]

Amanda Shaffer 13/04/2020 Current Events, Domestic, Philosophical

Steel Cables

Been thinking a lot about obligations lately. What you owe to colleagues, family, friends, society – why and […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/04/2014 Philosophical, The Past

Un-Wealthy

There has been a lot of discussion lately about poverty in the US both because of the 50th […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/01/2014 Current Events, Philosophical, Politics

A Very Big Deal

We bought a couch the other day. My husband and I went to a furniture store and left […]

Amanda Shaffer 07/01/2014 Domestic

School’s Out

School funding in my state is a giant, tangled unconstitutional mess in which our state legislature is currently […]

Amanda Shaffer 31/05/2013 Politics

Pie

I am just poking my head up after a 4-hour trip down the rabbit hole of Internet research. […]

Amanda Shaffer 25/01/2013 Current Events, Politics, Writing

Inventory

Every year around this time I feel compelled to inventory and “use up” overstocked items in my house. […]

Amanda Shaffer 13/12/2012 Current Events, Politics

The Pledge

Tis the season to think about money. With the fiscal cliff and the holiday shopping ads competing for […]

Amanda Shaffer 28/11/2012 Politics

Abundance

As many people do we went around the table on Thanksgiving and everyone shared something they were thankful […]

Amanda Shaffer 27/11/2012 Domestic, Mother Issues

Queasy

I freaked my husband out this morning. I told him that my father refused to fill out the […]

Amanda Shaffer 23/08/2012 Current Events, Politics

Holier than Thou

Had an interesting conversation yesterday with someone I don’t know very well. This woman was coming to me […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/04/2012 Feminism, Politics

Personhood

I could have just as easily called this post “Doublespeak” or “Having your cake and eating it too”, […]

Amanda Shaffer 07/12/2011 Politics

5-minute fantasy

Every day I treat myself to a 5-minute fantasy. I get two emails a day to remind me […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/12/2011 Random Stuff

you say you want a revolution

People in the media (and in general conversation) keep yapping that they don’t know what the Occupy Wall […]

Amanda Shaffer 29/11/2011 Politics

The Magic Closet

I was about to title this post “A Visit from the Closet Fairy” but thought that might be […]

Amanda Shaffer 03/11/2011 Uncategorized

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