Image credit: Photo by crowbert on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons On my wrist is a bright yellow rubber bracelet with LIVESTRONG imprinted on it. I plucked it from a small wicker basket on a table next to a guest book at a memorial service where one of the loved ones spoke about the task [...]
Posts under ‘decluttering’
The Once Proud Slob
Image credit: Photo by alvi2047 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I used to love to watch The Odd Couple on TV growing up. I always hated Felix, so prissy and uptight, but I loved Oscar, unable to find his bed under piles of clothes and bits of old sandwiches. That, I thought, is me. [...]
Haikus for my Daughter
Overcast morning, taking my daughter to school, I pull on my coat. "Here's your purse, Mama." Her eyes glow with pride to be handing me my bag. Wallet, glasses, keys, pen, old receipts, crumpled bills, crumbs of ancient snacks. To her it must seem like some sacred mystery: Mama's treasure chest. Her smile makes me [...]
Digging Out
This image is copyrighted. All rights reserved. As of this moment, I have a backlog of 283 messages (and 608 Google Alerts) in my e-mail inbox. (Maybe there's one there from you!) So, I've decided that rather than writing today, I'm going to try to dig through at least some of that virtual clutter. While [...]
The Not Done List
Image credit: Photo by ^Sandra^ on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I had a really wonderful, productive day yesterday. I got the kids fed and clothed and to school on time. While they were in school, I: did all the dishes washed and dried a load of laundry got some good writing work done meditated [...]
Dark Corners
Image credit: Photo by kuyman on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Somehow it's never spring that spurs me to great acts of cleaning and home renovation; it's this time of year. December and January seem to be my favorite months for tearing apart the inside of my home. Spring seems to be my favorite time [...]
Clean Slate
"My mouth's bleeding, Bert! My mouth's bleeding! Zuzu's petals...Zuzu's petals! There they are! Bert, what do you know about that!"~George Bailey, It's a Wonderful Life There have been times I've experienced computer problems when I would spend hours and hours cleaning up this and patching that. And at some point I'd find it was just [...]
