by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Spiritual
We here at Spirituality & Practice are great cat lovers! Frederic and Mary Ann have fostered countless cats through the years, finding loving and nurturing homes for their charges. Others became permanent residents and members of the Brussat family. Their current...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Spiritual
A Prayer for Healing Action in the World Upon hearing the heartwrenching and horrifying news of the shooting assault on the Tree of Life Jewish congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we asked Rabbi Ted Falcon of the Interfaith Amigos for a response. He immediately...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
Reselling an item online seems like one of the more mundane tasks in our digital world. So why does it still feel like fixing cataracts with a rusty safety pin? Both Craigslist and eBay have been in existence in some form since 1995. Kids who were born at that time...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
Wise Bread Picks Have you ever gone grocery shopping on an empty stomach? If you’re like most people, you come home with all kinds of random junk food and disparate ingredients you have no specific plans to use, all because they looked good at the time. So when you...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
Wise Bread Picks When was the last time you got a big raise? We’re not talking about the 3 percent raise you should get every year to keep your salary in line with inflation — we’re talking about a noticeable pay bump to reward you for all your hard work....
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
When my wife and I moved to Brooklyn, we felt lucky that we wouldn’t need to buy a car. Our apartment was close enough to a subway line and our neighborhood was walkable enough that it didn’t make sense to own a vehicle. That being the case, we had a tough decision to...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
Wise Bread Picks Predicting an economic downturn can seem as mystical and convoluted as reading tea leaves. However, the economic tea-leaf readers — financial experts — are warning that the economic winds are changing. Even though unemployment is still low, there are...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Suzanne, Avigale, and John for winning this week’s contest! You hadn’t planned for it, but suddenly, out of nowhere, you are engulfed by the urge…the urge to go to a Halloween event! You don’t have a...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
Wise Bread Picks I recently noticed that most days, I never take my wallet out of my pocket at work. I always bring my lunch, and since I don’t need to pay for anything else during the day, my wallet is basically dead weight. I decided to stop carrying it around...
by Jenni | Oct 31, 2018 | Personal Finance
Wise Bread Picks Join our Tweetchat this Thursday at 12:00 pm Pacific for lively conversation and a chance to win one of two $10 Amazon GCs! Use #WBChat to participate. This week’s topic: Having a Frugal Halloween! Learn about saving on decorations, costumes,...
