Real Simple Magazine

I may take a look at it again, but I’ll admit that back when it first came out I wasn’t impressed: There were several reasons but the main one I recall is what I perceived as a real disconnect between their stated purpose as a magazine, but with a decorating section that was recommending an “inexpensive” makeover that included throw pillows that cost over a hundred dollars each, and a profile of some folks who were able to quit their very high paying corporate jobs and buy a large lavender farm (or something like that) – things that weren’t options for “simple living” for most people that I knew. But perhaps they’ve changed their focus away from what I honestly saw as “simple living for rich people.”

As for other magazines… I used to get lots of them, and miss getting them, but ecologically and practically, I could no longer justify then. I now subscribe to a couple of cooking sites online instead of getting several cooking magazines. Ditto for Consumer Reports online. The only print magazines we still get are what comes with our AARP membership (and it’s a good magazine, too) and — yes, I’ll admit it — Reader’s Digest.

Regarding reusable bags – I still have an unbleached cotton bag I was given by a supermarket in Belgium 10 years ago that I keep folded up in my purse for emergency (milk, bread, etc.) shopping purchases. It’s still going strong!