Clearing Sentimental Attachments

This is a photo of my wedding shoes. I wore them just once on my wedding day 29 years ago and I’ve kept them neatly in this box ever since. Why? Because these grass-stained relics remind me [...]

Beautify a Drawer

“Look for the order within the chaos… Moving into a new house has created a sort of upheaval and chaos. About a week ago I decided to take one drawer in the kitchen and make it [...]

Enough

“Sometimes I forget to eat lunch. So, 3:30 arrives, and I attack an infant-size hillock of greasy takeout. I inhale it, scarcely breathing, a condemned man with minutes ’til dawn. Two [...]

Place

“There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” –Rumi. Can you remember the last time you consciously placed an object in its designated home? Yes, placed. As opposed to [...]