As a part of my continued blogs about simple living, I want to tell you today about “Possum Living.” In 1978, an eighteen year old with a seventh grade education wrote a book titled “Possum Living” under the pseudonym Dolly Freed. In “Possum Living,” Freed chronicled her life with her father in a half-acre lot outside Philadelphia. The two only spent about $1,500 a year, so they were living very frugally while still keeping up what they called “the middle class facade.” Freed appeared on “The Merv Griffin Show” to tell people how the two ate trapped pigeons, sautéed road … Continue reading →