Life has taken on a new rhythm for the past six weeks. It’s perhaps less striking for me – someone who already worked from home and for whom employment has been steady – but it is still noticeably different. The extra expanses of time and solitude have allowed something else to grow. I’ve called it […]
#minsgame: the final nine days
In case you haven’t been reading along, the Minimalists Game (or #minsgame) is a challenge to reduce your possessions. You start on the first day of the month by getting rid of one thing. Two things on the second of the month and so on. If you make it through the whole month, you get […]
Shards
Once again, an enormous crash has sent my nerves reeling. A shelf in the built-in hutch in my nearly-100 year old home gave way, sending a cascade of wine glasses, vases and other crystal into a glittering mess on the floor. Heart racing, hands shaking from adrenaline, I carefully picked up the shards and […]