Really think about your Mother’s Day gift
I came across a post on Joshua Becker’s becoming minimalist blog entitled 101 Physical Things In Your Home That Can...
Numbers about stuff
While catching up on some reading over the past snowy weekend, I stumbled across an interesting article on Americans and...
Somewhere between Mary Poppins and a therapist
That’s how one of my clients described me. I kind of like it. Though I don’t advocate a spoonful of...
A winter version of a spring cleaning
When homeowners think spring, they think spring cleaning. I’ve got a suggestion for folks who are looking for a winter...
Say ‘no’ to the tchotchkes and other free stuff
What is it about free stuff that’s so irresistible? Sure, you don’t pay actual dollars for the little tchotchkes, doo-dads,...
Throw out your children’s artwork
It’s pretty typical for me to come across boxes and boxes filled with artwork, drawings, clay figures, paper weights and...
What are you really storing in your storage unit?
I’m not a big fan of storage units. For many people, storage units essentially act as an expensive place to...
The meek shall inherit…a farm?
Okay, I will never call my dear friend Sierra meek. Yet she did inherit the family farm in Oregon from...
Everything has a home
One of the basic tenets of decluttering is every item should have a home. At the end of each use,...
I went to a funeral last month
It was for a childhood friend who had no previous medical issues. He simply died suddenly in his sleep. My...