Weaving in the Loose Ends

It has been an odd time, this spring. Different threads of my life have been variously worked, unraveled, reknitted, and sometimes even finished. Others are stubbornly left hanging there, neither one thing or the other. At the moment I’m sitting at the table in front of the patio doors that lead out to the deck [...]

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Choosing Minimalism

There’s a catchy title for you, hm? Seriously, though, it’s been a while since I’ve taken a step back and thought about why I’m a minimalist. Now is a good time, especially with spring cleaning coming up, and Courtney’s Project 333 is about to have another seasonal go-round. And, incidentally, if you are new to [...]

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Moving the Story Along

Suddenly it’s been a month since I last posted, and am not quite sure how that happened. January-February-March always seem to be a blur, where I go into a physical and psychological Maintenance Mode, doing nothing more than what is absolutely necessary. Perhaps I’ve only really noticed the passing of time because I worked on [...]

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Lose the Crap = Don’t Take the Crap

Abuse of authority or power is something most of us agree is a bad thing, whether it involves an absolute dictator, a priest, a parent, a teacher, or the manager of a fast-food restaurant. But where there is power, there is also the handing over of power, to varying degrees. In instances where we accept [...]

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Links to Some Things I’ve Been Enjoying

Last week I worked like a house afire. Over the weekend and so far this week: nothing. An odd sort of ailment has settled in, not the flu or cold, just one of those winter blah things magnified a hundred times, where one can barely sit upright, let alone compose anything that makes sense. The [...]

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