A Little Link Love 4.16.2008

Of Cabbages and Kings takes on Twitter in her article, If Real Life Were Like Twitter. If you haven’t checked out her blog yet, you should. She’s funny!

Allison, over at WomenBloom, has an excellent article on the Social Security crises. She wonders if everyone were forced to go live with their kids for a month if both sides wouldn’t work harder to come up with a solution!

Through a mention on Allison’s site I was introduced to Ronni Bennet’s site, As Time Goes By, where I read a disturbing article, Elders’ Triple Economic Whammy. Did you know that, according to U.S. News and World Report, “about 433,000 unemployed Americans age 65 and older were actively seeking employment in February, more than twice as many as in November 2007, just before the recession began.”? Sobering stuff.

Connections for Women has a very thought provoking article touching on several different challenges that face us in our future. Retired Spouse Syndrome is just one of them!

Blogging for Change is celebrating Financial Literacy Month in a big way over at her blog. She created a mini-site for the purpose. She came up with a topic for each of the days of the month of April and then invited a different blogger to tackle each topic. I’m up today with a post on commitment. Stop by each day for some excellent reading!

As usual, there are some great recipes and projects in this week’s Make It From Scratch carnival at I’ve Got A Little Space to Fill. I was especially entranced by the garden markers Wendy Piersall presented at Craft Jr. I don’t know how well they hold up but they sure are cute! I’m giving this microwave cracker recipe from Knit Wit on the Prairie a try. What a neat idea! Funny About Money had another great article about using olive oil as a facial cleanser. I’ve been using baby oil as a makeup remover but really want to get away from as many petroleum products as I can. This might be just the ticket!

Do you use Twitter? There are different reasons to follow different people. Here are a few of my favorites to follow for this week:

@jnickles is the force behind My Super-Charged Life. Like me, personal finance is only one topic he explores on his site, which he writes as a resource to help people live life to its fullest.

@netta50 is a freelance writer whose site, WordWebbing allows her to express her thoughts on the craft of writing.

@MMarquit is a personal finance blogger who writes at Yielding Wealth. She covers a lot of interesting topics over there. If you’ve not read her blog, you should!

@thegoodhuman and I don’t always see eye-to-eye but I admire his goal of educating us to help save the planet, which he does with aplomb at The Good Human.

I like following all these people because they are friendly, responsive and interesting and I think you’ll like them too!