Why I Care About the Stuff in the Garage
Part 3 in a 5-part series on Living Simply Decluttering and cleaning in the midst of holding on to items that my great-grandparents owned is extremely difficult. March 1, 2021, the blossoms on the Bradford pear trees drew my attention.…
Try Collecting Stories and Sharing Them With Passion
Picture it. A room in your home you call the museum room. (Yes, I know, I’ve been watching too many late-night reruns of The Golden Girls. Thank you, Sophia.) In that room, various items from different tourist destinations, souvenirs if…
Simplifying Your Possessions by Giving them a Destination
Part 2 in a 5-part series on Living Simply A 90-day excursion in a 35-foot fifth-wheel created in me a desire to declutter and simplify the things we owned, the things we displayed, and the things we kept just because.…
Use A Lesson from “The Little Engine that Could” to Make Changes in Your Life
So many lessons learned come from outside the classroom or the subject being taught. Those lessons come through books we read and through the television shows we watch. Those lessons come from the groups we join and the friendships we…