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“The Cleaning Chronicles #9″ Contain Yourself
It gets hard. It gets boring. It’s tiring. And you just don’t want to do it. But at the end of the project, you’ll realize that it was worth it. But in the middle of it, you might “hit the wall.” You...
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“The Cleaning Chronicles #10″ How Much is Enough?
Well? How much is enough? Easy enough question. But not many people have the answer. Bernie Madoff certainly didn’t. And look where that got him. We are trained by the media to buy, buy, buy. We need...
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“The Cleaning Chronicles #11″ Make it Work
Employing a sliding drawer in my pantry helped organize envelope-type food packages. Thinking “through” your space is crucial when you’re reorganizing your home. It’s all well and good to take...
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“The Cleaning Chronicles #12″ 1000 Pounds of Stuff
1000 pounds. That’s a lot of stuff. At least it sounds that way. But I think it’s easily achieved if I include the heavy items like furniture, pots, pans, tools, cast iron cookware, bags and bags of...
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“The Cleaning Chronicles #13″ Why Bother?
This is why. It’s simple: It’s about time. It’s about space. It’s about peace of mind. It’s about getting it clean and orderly and getting more elbow room. It’s about creating space for not only you...
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“The Cleaning Chronicles” #14: Nobody Said it Was Going to be Easy
It’s true. And doing this has not been easy for me. It’s strenuous, it’s emotionally taxing and it is a complete reversal of what I was taught: being thrifty, not wasting anything. Reusing, saving,...
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Life…Interrupted
Life occasionally has a way of suddenly grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and shaking you like a puppy shakes a toy. Everything is going along just swimmingly and then stuff happens that makes...
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A Pause for a Cause
This is Terri Holt with her sister. Teri lost her sister to breast cancer. “After losing her sister to breast cancer in 1999, a routine mammogram screening revealed a small tumor in the milk duct of...
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Hell. And Back.
Parker and Bill. He lounges a while before getting up. I hit a snag and had to delete the original posting of this piece. Here it is in its entirety. I’ve had a tough year. And the last 4 months have...
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“Birdie Biscotti?” Why Not?
I’ve written quite a bit about Chop of course. “The Chop Concept” took off like a kite and flocks all over the world are eating better. And that’s very cool. It makes me feel good to have helped put...
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A New Look. A Fresh Appearance.
During my time away from the blog, I learned a lot about uploading, working within a production machine of over 1200 writers, about web writing and a host of other details. I also learned what...
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Coloring: The New Meditation
Coloring books for adults have become all the rage in the last year or so. As it turns out, there are some benefits to it. According to some mental health experts, coloring gives us the ability and...
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Things Are Different Now
Life happens. It is constantly changing and shifting. And if that weren't enough, for the most part we all have companion birds and other carbon-based life forms to look after. We all end up with bumps...
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Aging Is a Contact Sport
I don't know how to put it other than what the title states. It isn't easy and I doubt those with no life experience would do well dealing with it. Ironic, isn't it? But those who survive being young,...
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“Enoughism.”
Nice image. Looks peaceful doesn't it? Very clean. Sparse. This is about as minimal as you can get. But I doubt you'd be real popular with family and friends if they had to sit on the floor or...
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