I’m not always productive (yes, even I spend my day rearranging deck chairs, from time to time). But yesterday was one of those days when one project required I complete another project, and then those two projects required the reallocation of space, and that snowballed into our reorganizing three out[Read more]
It’s no stretch to say our family is in a rut when it comes to evening meals. The truth is we’re simple folks with simple palates, content to stick with what we know. But when 5:00 pm catches me by surprise, I stand, like a deer in headlights, staring in our[Read more]
Now that school systems have such different calendars, the start of a new school year doesn’t feel as momentous as I recall from my childhood. My friends in southern Indiana are on a year-round calendar, so they went back on July 30. In much of Michigan, the first day of[Read more]
A friend from college surprised me yesterday with a care package, sent from her home in California. She keeps up with me via Facebook, mostly, following my adventures in upcycling, and sent some odds and ends she figured I could put to good use – empty prescription bottles, quilt pieces,[Read more]
Last night I went to a meeting for new or prospective members of the Louisville TimeBank to learn more about how I can exchange my time and skills for help with something I need. My friends, it’s Possibilitarian heaven! I think what appeals to me most is the way a time[Read more]
When is the last time you used a cheese grater? Granted, I’m not much of a cook, but the only times I’ve touched our cheese grater in the last 12 years is when I needed to move it to make space for something else. As part of my promise to use-it-or-lose-it,[Read more]