This is part one in a six part series on decluttering. I love Marie Kondo’s method of Tidying Up. It was the major reason I was able to finish decluttering my home and move on to a joy filled life. While her method is straightforward and gentle and gives you a step by step process … Continue reading The Emotions of Stuff
Joy
Harvest Time
On the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, our growing time is pretty short. Plants go into the ground in May if the frosts have ended, and crops start dying down in September. My garden finished up last week, with the exception of some of the flowers. As I pulled up the spent plants and … Continue reading Harvest Time
Just For Good, A Revisit.
I mentioned the card table in another post about saving things "just for good” and then not using them. Then end result is they go out of fashion, break, or become damaged from being stored, before you get a chance to use them. That’s what happened to this table. It was a lovely little … Continue reading Just For Good, A Revisit.
Love Enduring
Last month we said goodbye to our cat, Europa. It was a hard time for us, but it was especially hard for his companion, Ganymede. They did everything together. From the time they were kittens, they were bonded by an enduring love. They were a pair. And pretty much you would never say one cat’s … Continue reading Love Enduring
Over Scheduled
A couple of weeks ago I posted about how choosing to do the harder things once in awhile is a good thing and how, when we do those things we can be inspired to be more creative and more present in our lives. But what about the times we have too many hard things … Continue reading Over Scheduled
Dragon Lights
One of the really fun things about living in the Reno area is that for one entire month each year, the city celebrates art, in all its forms. It’s called Artown and all throughout July there are movies, dancing, drum circles, music, watercolor displays, workshops, and every else under the sun that supports a form … Continue reading Dragon Lights
Take the Hard Road (at least once in awhile)
I learned to drive in a beat up 1962 Volkswagen Bug. It was a manual transmission, leaked like a sieve, had rusted out spots in the floor, and rattled its way down the freeway. Most kids I grew up with bettered their driving skills on second hand cars. Just to drive the car, I had … Continue reading Take the Hard Road (at least once in awhile)
Europa
Last weekend we said goodbye to Europa. He was the Head Cat in our household. He had turned 16 earlier this year; Greg has had him since he was a kitten. When I first met him, 10 years go, he was grumpy, set in his ways, had plenty of cat-titude, and didn’t really like … Continue reading Europa
Just For Good
We all have had those things that we've gotten and never used because we were keeping them for special days. They are beautiful, too beautiful to use all the time, we think, possibly because they were expensive or given to us by a loved one, and we don’t want to damage them. So, we … Continue reading Just For Good
A Swedish Midsomer Party
This year Greg and I decided to have a Swedish Midsomer party. Well, maybe I should rephrase that. I decided a party would be fun and Greg went along with the idea. Midsomer is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday between June 19th and the 25th in Sweden. It’s a prelude to the long … Continue reading A Swedish Midsomer Party
Tread Joyfully 