Does having a WEBSITE mean spending lots of money on hosting and software? Whether it does depends on your real needs. Many of us have something to say, and want to say it without the expense of high end website hosting infrastructure.
In today's Internet environment plenty of companies offer services with which you can build a website, on your own domain, very simply, with no complicated anything. You'll be able to focus on writing or pictures or whatever your website needs to contain, without worrying over the cost of hosting the website.