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Nancy

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About Me

I stopped taking life seriously in the fall of 2000, when I sold everything I had in Washington DC and started sailing and traveling, and thinking of myself as a "gypsy". It's less ominous sounding than "drifter", don't you think?I enjoy my summers as the Tshirt Department Buyer for Wall Drug, a world famous tourist attraction in Western South Dakota. We are 10 miles from the entrance of the Badlands National Park, 70 from Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, and 88 miles from Sturgis, home of the Black Hills Motorcycle Rally. It's a busy job and it keeps me fit. Something that is very important to me is my participation in The Compact, a pledge I made a few months ago to not buy anything new (other than necessities like food, items for health, hygiene and safety). I have created a yahoo group (ABQCompact) for anyone that wants to communicate with me about this challenge. I'm thrifting, Freecycling, swapping/borrowing/bartering/buying off the grid on a daily basis. It's a great challenge and my creativity has never been more keen.

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I would like to meet real people, not cyber addicts! I am about the face to face experience; not about multiple emails. I am not interested in hookups, casual sex, or anyone that is using their Myspace to further their personal needs. I invite anybody to email that means to conduct themselves in a wholesome manner.

My Blog

Compactivity Part 8

Working every day last week cut into my time to Freecycle and blog about The Compact, but I have some extra cash which is good to have!  One of the things that people think when I tell them about...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Compactivity Part 7

I've been doing a bit of research about a notion named e-begging and how much CraigsList members enforce flagging of the E-beg.  This is in relation to requests I've put on CraigsList for project...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:29:00 GMT

Compactivity Part 6

I was jonesing for a thrift fix yesterday, so I went to several. I encountered an item that should NEVER, EVER even be donated much less put out for the thrifting public.  Something that made me ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:42:00 GMT

Compactivity Part 5

I went to a very Compact-friendly event today, placed on CraigsList here in ABQ.A Greek fraternity house had fallen on hard times and everybody had moved out.  Much was left there and the preside...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:09:00 GMT

Compactivity Part 4

An acquaintance derisively referred to me as a Freegan.  And I laughed, I'd never heard it used before.  And so, I decided to live up to my reputation . . . .Last evening, my escort/BF/chauf...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:22:00 GMT

Compactivity Part 3

Automobile gas is $2.07 a gallon today.  That was my big purchase of the day.  Did you ever think this summer that the price of gas would be so low again.  The day that it is $1.99 I'll...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:30:00 GMT

Compactivity Part 2

The Albuquerque Freecycle group allowed me to solve a problem today without going to the store.  On Tuesday, Savers Thrift Store had a 50% off everything sale.  I bought a headboard for $5, ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:23:00 GMT

Compactivity

I deleted all my blogging about cooking because I have a new passion - The Compact.  Sometime ago, this movement began in San Francisco and the crux of the movement is to pledge to not buy anythi...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT