New year, big changes.

So you may have noticed that I haven't posted a blog since before Christmas.

There's a reason for that.

I've been grappling with the idea of continuing with the Paradigm Thrift for a while. Like leaving a child at a fire station because you can't nurture it any more, it's been a tough choice, letting Paradigm Thrift go.

Especially considering I've had such amazing support for what I've done over the past two years. The rants. The discoveries. The experiments. Who can forget Free Time? I was on the tee vee, for God's sake. The month of Cents and Sensibility. The philosophizing. All the good information I've found, just by poking around. I've learned so much.

But I have a lot more to learn, and a lot more to say.

I gladly welcome my old audience, and my new audience, to visit the place I'm choosing to put myself next.

straighttalkmary.blogspot.com/

I'm changing my focus with the advent of the new year. I've had thoughts and ideas bubbling around in my noggin about this topic for a while, and I think it's only right I give it some time.

I welcome you warmly to my new location.

As for the time I've spent with Paradigm Thrift, the site's not disappearing. It's simply changing shape. Its content will be available for the next few months. Then it will most likely be turned into an ebook. So take what you will from what I've learned. And rest assured - I'll let you know where you can find Paradigm Thrift in the future.

Like a baby that's hard to maintain, what I've created is too good to let go. So I'll find a way to keep it.

But my new site is where I'd like to head next.

Please come along with me.