(David Ryder/for The Washington Post)Helaine Olen, another $ writer, Washington Post columnist and acquaintance of many years, decided to celebrate Your Money or Your Life’s 30th birthday by profiling me – my life/ work/ reflections. To do so, she came to my village on an island and spent 2 days shadowing me. I trotted her around to my favorite haunts – thrift stores and beaches – and to farms and friend’s eco-inspired homesteads. I mean, Washington Post – what an opportunity to i...
