My phone and I go shopping

Laura Tonkyn
Jul 23, 2022
Jul 23, 2022

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With the sky-rocketing cost of food, I decided to finally sign up for digital coupons at the main supermarket where I shop. Getting the shopping app loaded onto my erratic phone was a ticklish undertaking, but after balking and kicking in its silly way it eventually cooperated and I’ve been digitally clipping away for about a month now.

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Laura Tonkyn has spent 40 years becoming as self-sufficient as possible with her jack-of-all-trades husband, Art, on their eight-acre homestead in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has written/edited for a number of local/regional papers, including the Rapid City Journal and Faces Magazine. Reach her at laura.tonkyn@gmail.com.