Low Cost High Impact Photography

Here’s something for anyone who wants to improve their photography skills. My husband, Steve, has written an ebook that aims to help people take really good photographs with an ordinary camera. He covers both the technical and the aesthetic side of the craft. The book is called Low Cost High Impact Photography. It consists of [...]

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Minimalism and How It’s Shaping My Life

One person’s minimalism might be another’s frugal living, another’s owning of 100 things, and yet another’s decluttering project. Some people consider it simply a practical matter for traveling light and others consider it a matter of principle, to leave a lighter footprint on the world. Then there is minimalism and the spiritual, where eschewing material [...]

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Gratitude for a Simplified Life

I’ve come down with a summer cold, quite suddenly, first one in years. It’s the kind with the raging sore throat and earache and a malaise just this side of the flu. I can putter around the house for about fifteen minutes, then become one with the sofa for three hours. Various teas with honey [...]

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The Joy of Less is a Joy to Read and Use

Wow! If you are looking for a comprehensive handbook on minimalism, decluttering, streamlining, and essentially re-wiring your preconceptions about why you have the stuff you have, this is the book for you. Francine Jay, aka Miss Minimalist to those in her blogosphere, has written The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, [...]

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How I Got My Simple White Studio

The picture is of my new studio space, which came about after our latest shift in changing the function of the rooms in our house. Whether for temperament, health, or economics, we’ve never let “traditional” or “typical” or an architect’s intent stand in the way we use the spaces. Room-swapping occurs at least once every [...]

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