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![Thrift Wars [Updated 2022] by Eric Michael](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438250016l/24510868._SX98_.jpg "Thrift Wars [Updated 2022] by Eric Michael")
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In a world where news of inhumanity bombards our sensibilities, where grasping for things goes so far beyond our needs, where time is squandered in busyness, it is a pleasure and a privilege to pause for a look at handiwork, to see beauty amidst utility, and to know that craft traditions begun so long ago serve us today.
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It is often assumed that the chief reason for making things—furniture, clothing, toys, a garden—is to save money. There are other factors that may be of equal or greater importance: making what we need for life is a way of expressing creativity and of gaining greater confidence. Emotional security comes from providing the necessities of life in personal, meaningful ways, by our own hands or those of friends and loved ones. Another value in studying how things are made is to increase our apprecia
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― A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity
― A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity
