As I mentioned before, I am on a quest to downsize and simplify. The idea started when I started reading about minimalism and sort of grew to encompass simplicity. The two ideas are really related. There is also a current “tiny house” trend right now and while I think the incredibly small spaces are “cute” […]
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Photographs and Memories
As part of the whole ongoing purging of old crap, I have been going through old pictures. Thousands of old pictures. When we cleaned out my dad’s house, we found stacks of pictures in a closet. I took them back home with me to Florida thinking I’d eventually do something with them. Still working on […]
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So I went to the beach last weekend for a little getaway. It was the first time all year that I went “away” by myself. All the other travels this year were to visit people or with other people, namely family. A little down time was much needed. I took a couple of books with […]
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Last year, my goal for the year was to complete as many “challenges” on a Fifty for Fifty mini bucket list. I think I managed to start, attempt, or complete somewhere around 37 of the fifty things. Not bad. This year, I decided on something different and a bit more vague. I’m not sure where […]
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I have come to realize that we go through phases in life, or at least it seems I have. First there is the education phase where we prepare ourselves for becoming independent adults who earn a living. The second is like a sort of acquisition phase where we buy a car, maybe buy a house, […]
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