I love story. I love the written word. A single beautifully written sentence can move me to tears, leaving me filled with awe and wonder. When I hear someone mention art and artists, my mind goes first to books and writers. It takes another beat for my brain to include painters, actors, dancers, sculptors, musicians […]
Over the last couple weeks, my downsizing efforts focused on letters. I started with two banker boxes filled with letters dating back to the same year I was born. My goal was to reduce by half. I succeeded. What’s left is one very full, very tight box. As I sifted through thousands and thousands of […]
Last week was a big one for me. The contract with Oliver was signed which included all my final decisions on upgrades, add-ons and customizations. It begins production on June 26, 2017. I cannot wait for the moment I see it for the first time and the for moment right after when I step into […]
Last month, over two consecutive Saturdays, I had my final garage sales. That means I had two garage sales in each of the last three years. The final coffer count? Just under $1,500. Basic math says I averaged $250 per sale. It isn’t bad when you take into account the cash was collected a couple […]
All of my Downsizing posts have been a trip down memory lane. The etched baleen I gave to a family member for Christmas. It had me replaying my trip to Barrow, Alaska. Writing about my grandmother’s pins made me think, of course, of the woman herself. And all of the memories I have of her […]
Do you remember the scene in the animated The Beauty and the Beast, where Beast, trying to impress Belle, makes her close her eyes and guides her to his library? Even though a cartoon, that scene takes my breath away. It’s not the budding romance. It’s the library. Beast lives in my fantasy library. My […]