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The Rules of the Great Depression: Use It Up. Wear It Out.

There were four rules to surviving the Great Depression: Use it up Wear it out Make do Do without Folks in my soon-to-release novel A Trail of Crumbs: A Novel of the Great Depression (coming March 27…wink, wink) had to follow these rules in order to… Continue Reading “The Rules of the Great Depression: Use It Up. Wear It Out.”

5 Depression Era Tricks for Saving on Groceries

  I consider myself a frugal shopper. I clip coupons, compare prices, shop the sales. But my accumulative savings are nothing – NOTHING – compared to the housewives of the Great Depression. While researching for the Pearl Spence Novels, I learned how the women of… Continue Reading “5 Depression Era Tricks for Saving on Groceries”

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