Author Archives: d. tafakari

Frugal Fruit Smoothies (not what you think)

My name is Dara and I am a Frugal Frannie. In real life, reckless is not an adjective anyone would use to describe me at all when it comes to personal finance. For the past four years, I’ve been slightly preoccupied with money management, learning best practices, pitfalls, and carving out my personal finance (PF)Continue reading “Frugal Fruit Smoothies (not what you think)”

Real. Positive.

Part of my personal philosophy of punctuating my life with meaning has run counterpoint to a character trait I have. I am a realist. To an annoying fault. In some cases, this serves me well. I count the cost of everything until it cannot be counted any more and then I count again. I makeContinue reading “Real. Positive.”

Parley-voo Frenchie, Frenchy?

When I was nine years old, my family moved to Belgium from Florida for three years (courtesy of the US Army). The greatest consequence to come out of that move was that I learned how to speak French. My mother placed me in a French-speaking, Belgian school on SHAPE military base, and I was thenContinue reading “Parley-voo Frenchie, Frenchy?”

Fatherhood, Feminism, and Feeling Left Out

In the US, Father’s Day is upon us. I know a good amount of fathers, and I was thinking a bit about fatherhood and its portrayal in the media. I am speculating, but my theory has long been that the recent treatment of fathers in television sitcoms is in direct response to the 50s andContinue reading “Fatherhood, Feminism, and Feeling Left Out”