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• https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/06/no_author/living-in-a-world-of-ongoing-shortages/
  • Probably the best thing that any of us can do to deal with rising costs is to increase our income.
  • Today, most financial gurus will tell you that you should have multiple income streams, including some side hustle.
  • One of my favorite ways of dealing with rising costs is doing things myself. In addition to being a survivalist, I’m a consummate do-it-yourselfer. I’ve done everything from significant remodeling jobs on my own to rebuilding my vehicle’s engine. If I don’t know how to do something, it doesn’t matter; I learn how to do it.
  • With the current shortages we’re experiencing, it makes a lot more sense to buy when we see an item available than wait.
• make a stockpile of breakfast boxes
• https://townhall.com/columnists/gavin-oxley/2025/06/07/snap-back-reforming-american-health-will-restore-our-economy-n2658083
  • A 2023 analysis by the American Enterprise Institute demonstrates that bettering one’s health, nutrition, and wellbeing, particularly via access to SNAP benefits, increases an individual’s upward mobility.
  • Those participating in the program are free to use their benefits for most any food item found in a grocery store. Many program participants try to pick up nutritious items on their first-of-the-month store run, but SNAP does not restrict using the benefits for categorically unhealthy items such as sodas, candy, or other highly processed foods that are known to contribute to chronic diseases and other poor health outcomes.
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What are some Evergreen niches that I can consider for my ebook related to practicing poverty, living with less, minimalism, and spirituality?

Here are evergreen ebook niches that align well with your themes of practicing poverty, living with less, minimalism, and spirituality. These niches appeal to consistent reader interests over time and can be explored in standalone books or as a series:

🧘‍♂️ 1. Spiritual Simplicity

• Focus: Merging spiritual practice with voluntary poverty
• Subtopics: Monastic wisdom, asceticism, silent retreats, detachment from materialism
• Evergreen Appeal: People always seek spiritual depth without worldly noise

💸 2. Financial Minimalism for Seniors or Boomers

• Focus: Living well on fixed income, downsizing, SSI/Medicaid navigation
• Subtopics: Budgeting, simple living for retirees, voluntary frugality
• Evergreen Appeal: Aging population is constantly looking for ways to simplify and survive

📿 3. Modern-Day Hermit: Solitude & Sacred Withdrawal

• Focus: Choosing isolation or quiet over consumer chaos
• Subtopics: Cabin living, off-grid spirituality, sacred withdrawal in a noisy world
• Evergreen Appeal: Escapism and spiritual retreat always hold cultural fascination

🧺 4. The Joy of Owning Nothing

• Focus: Minimalism as a path to emotional freedom
• Subtopics: Letting go of possessions, decluttering, digital minimalism
• Evergreen Appeal: Consumer fatigue and mental clarity through reduction

🌱 5. Sacred Frugality: Spending as a Moral Act

• Focus: Ethical consumption and spiritual budgeting
• Subtopics: Anti-consumerism, mindful spending, tithing, almsgiving
• Evergreen Appeal: Combines morality, spirituality, and economics

👣 6. The Art of Practicing Poverty

• Focus: Choosing simplicity as a form of strength
• Subtopics: Diogenes, Stoicism, Francis of Assisi, modern urban monks
• Evergreen Appeal: Romanticizes voluntary poverty and provides ethical grounding

🏡 7. Living Small: A Gentle Life in a Big World

• Focus: Small-space living as a philosophy
• Subtopics: Tiny homes, capsule wardrobes, slow living
• Evergreen Appeal: Crosses into design, lifestyle, and environmental niches

🍞 8. The Poor Man’s Table: Sacred Eating on a Budget

• Focus: Simple, affordable, nourishing meals as spiritual practice
• Subtopics: Monastic diets, fasting, minimalist cooking, food as prayer
• Evergreen Appeal: Combines health, poverty, and sacred rituals

📿 9. The Inner Pilgrim: Simplicity in Every Season of Life

• Focus: Life as a spiritual journey toward less
• Subtopics: Walking away from clutter, changing values in aging, letting go
• Evergreen Appeal: Appeals to spiritual seekers and older readers facing transitions

✉️ 10. Letters from the Edge: Living Without and Loving It

• Focus: Epistolary-style wisdom from someone who gave up modern life
• Subtopics: Memoir + essay hybrid on simplicity and insight
• Evergreen Appeal: Storytelling format draws in both minimalist and spiritual readers

Would you like me to expand one of these into a book outline or draft a back-cover blurb?

The Poor Man’s Table: Sacred Eating on a Budget

Simple, Affordable, Nourishing Meals as Spiritual Practice

Introduction: Why the Poor Man’s Table Still Matters

• A reflection on eating with intention, reverence, and simplicity
• Historical roots: monks, saints, sages, and the humble poor
• The spiritual poverty of modern overconsumption
• Invitation: slowing down, spending less, eating with gratitude

Chapter 1: The Sacred Act of Eating Simply

• Food as a ritual, not a routine
• Eating as an act of devotion across cultures
• Mindful eating vs. distracted consumption
• Blessing your food—even if it’s beans and rice

Chapter 2: Monastic Wisdom from the Table

• What monks eat: Benedictines, Orthodox, Buddhist, Franciscan
• Fasting and feasting rhythms through liturgical calendars
• Spiritual meanings behind humble ingredients
• The joy of silence at meals

Chapter 3: Fasting as Freedom

• Types of fasting: spiritual, intermittent, and economic
• Letting go of indulgence and dependency
• Fasting in Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Stoicism
• Fasting on a fixed income: turning necessity into a sacred choice

Chapter 4: The Theology of a Bowl of Soup

• Meals in scripture: loaves and fishes, manna, last supper
• Hospitality from the poor to the rich (e.g., Elijah and the widow)
• Gratitude when you have little
• The holiness of “just enough”

Chapter 5: Cooking with Less, Living with More

• Minimalist cooking tools and pantry essentials
• 10 sacred, cheap, nourishing recipes (e.g., lentil stew, oatcakes, cabbage soup)
• The meditative art of preparing food slowly
• Tips for shopping with spiritual and frugal values

Chapter 6: Breaking Bread Together

• Community meals in poor neighborhoods, monasteries, and communes
• Potluck spirituality: giving what you have
• Table fellowship as resistance to isolation
• The spiritual benefits of feeding others when you have little

Chapter 7: The Garden of the Poor

• Growing your own food in pots, yards, or community plots
• Herbs and simple vegetables with symbolic/spiritual value
• Biblical and traditional references to gardening and stewardship
• Dirt therapy and spiritual grounding

Chapter 8: Living the Table Year-Round

• Seasonal cycles of food and spiritual discipline
• Creating a rhythm of fasting, feasting, and frugality
• Honoring holy days with simple meals
• Recipes and rituals for winter austerity, spring renewal, summer sharing, autumn gratitude

Conclusion: The Poor Man’s Table Is a Feast

• Embracing lack as sacred sufficiency
• Daily bread as spiritual metaphor
• The richness of simplicity in body, soul, and kitchen
• A blessing for your table, wherever it is

Appendices

• Sample weekly sacred meal plan on $25–$40 budget
• Pantry checklist for frugal sacred eating
• Resources for learning from religious orders and spiritual food movements
• Quotes from saints, sages, and scriptures about food and simplicity

Would you like this outline turned into a sample introduction or a chapter draft next?

Chapter 9: Manna in the Modern World – Finding Free Food with Dignity

✝️ The Spiritual Roots of Sharing Food

• Biblical stories of miraculous provision: manna in the desert, Elijah fed by ravens
• “Give us this day our daily bread” as a prayer for physical and spiritual nourishment
• How the early church shared everything in common—including food

🏛️ Modern-Day Manna: Food Resources Around You

• Church Meal Programs:
  
  • Free community dinners
  • Food pantries and emergency groceries
  • Blessing boxes and “take what you need” fridges
• Government Programs:
  
  • SNAP/EBT (how to apply and stretch benefits)
  • Food stamps + local farmers market vouchers
  • Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) for seniors
  • WIC and school meal extensions for grandparents raising kids

🤝 Receiving with Gratitude, Not Shame

• Why accepting help is part of the sacred economy
• The humility and strength in being a good steward of what’s offered
• Helping others when you can—even just by showing up or saying thank you

🥣 Turning Free Food into Sacred Meals

• How to use what you’re given to prepare nourishing, respectful dishes
• Recipes and tips using food pantry staples
• A guide to blessing and honoring food, even when it’s donated or surplus

🛐 Where to Look and Who to Ask

• Building relationships with local churches and shelters
• Finding food distribution calendars through 2-1-1 and local non-profits
• Libraries, senior centers, and community bulletin boards as sacred knowledge hubs
• How to volunteer and give back while receiving

Would you like help drafting this chapter into prose or creating a printable resource guide or appendix with real contacts (like in Tampa or nationwide)?

Building relationships with local churches and shelters in Tampa can provide access to essential resources such as food, shelter, and support services. Here’s a guide to key organizations in the area, including their contact information, services offered, and any noted restrictions:

🛐 Churches & Faith-Based Food Pantries

1. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

• Services: Food pantry open every Tuesday from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
• Contact: (813) 933-2859
• Address: 10110 N. Central Ave, Tampa, FL 33612
• Restrictions: None specified; call ahead for details. mhrtampa.org

The Food Pantry supplies food to those in need each Tuesday 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Please contact the office at 813-933-2859 for more information.

2. Community Food Pantry (Village Presbyterian Church)

• Services: Provides groceries, health screenings, and nutritional education. Open Wednesdays 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM and Sundays 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
• Contact: (813) 963-2772
• Address: 13115 S. Village Drive, Tampa, FL 33618
• Restrictions: None specified; arrive during operating hours. business.usecaba.com+1yelp.com+1yelp.com+1business.usecaba.com+1foodhelpline.org+1tampa-homeless-resources.fandom.com+1
  

3. St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church (St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry)

• Services: Food pantry operates on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays of each month from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
• Contact: (813) 907-7746
• Address: 9724 Cross Creek Blvd, Tampa, FL 33647
• Restrictions: Clients may visit once a month; ID may be required. stmarktampa.orgfoodhelpline.org+1echofl.org+1
  

4. Bible-Based Fellowship Church

• Services: Weekly food pantry open on Fridays.
• Contact: (813) 264-4050
• Address: 13521 N. Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33613
• Restrictions: None specified; contact for details. findhelp.org+1business.usecaba.com+1
  

5. North Tampa Church of Christ / Messengers of Hope

• Services: Monthly food distribution on the 3rd Thursday from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM.
• Contact: (813) 909-4646
• Address: 3611 East County Line Road, Lutz, FL 33559
• Restrictions: Clients can visit once a month; no appointment necessary. firstcontact.org+5foodhelpline.org+5tampa-homeless-resources.fandom.com+5
  

🏠 Shelters & Housing Support

1. Metropolitan Ministries

• Services: Emergency shelter, food assistance, case management, and housing support.
• Contact: (813) 209-1000
• Address: 2301 N. Tampa Street, Tampa, FL 33602
• Restrictions: Primarily serves families and single women; application process required. hcfl.gov+6templeterrace.gov+6tampa.gov+6echofl.org+3hcfl.gov+3templeterrace.gov+3
  

2. Tampa Hope Shelter (Catholic Charities)

• Services: Shelter for up to 300 individuals, providing meals, hygiene facilities, and case management.
• Contact: (813) 394-2881
• Address: 3704 E. 3rd Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605
• Restrictions: Adults only; intake process required. tampa.govthhi.org+2tampa-homeless-resources.fandom.com+2foodhelpline.org+2
  

3. DACCO Community Housing Solutions Center

• Services: 75-bed facility offering a four-month housing-focused program separate from treatment services.
• Contact: (813) 384-4170
• Address: 3630 N. 50th Street, Tampa, FL 33619
• Restrictions: Adults only; program participation required. templeterrace.gov+5tampa.gov+5covebh.org+5business.usecaba.com+9covebh.org+9tampa.gov+9
  

4. New Beginnings of Tampa

• Services: Emergency shelter with a 40-bed capacity for adult men and women; operates 365 days a year.
• Contact: (813) 971-6961
• Address: 8535 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, FL 33604
• Restrictions: Admission based on availability; call ahead. yelp.com+4tampa.gov+4tampa-homeless-resources.fandom.com+4
  

5. The Spring of Tampa Bay

• Services: Provides safe spaces and services to survivors of domestic violence and their children.
• Contact: (813) 247-7233
• Address: Confidential location
• Restrictions: Serves survivors of domestic violence; call for assistance. templeterrace.gov+3tampa.gov+3hcfl.gov+3tampa.gov+1tampa.gov+1
  

🤝 Tips for Building Relationships

• Volunteer: Offer your time to assist with food distribution or other services.
• Attend Services: Participate in church services or community events to connect with staff and members.
• Express Gratitude: A simple thank-you note or verbal appreciation can go a long way.
• Stay Informed: Follow organizations on social media or subscribe to newsletters for updates.

For additional assistance, you can contact the Homeless Helpline by dialing 211, which is available 24/7 to connect you with local resources. firstcontact.org

If you need further information or assistance, feel free to ask.