Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??’ Category

The idea of “enough”

Posted in Films, How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, Mostly about (pop) culture, Mostly about stuff (like, physical stuff), tagged , , , on 24 January 2013 | 3 Comments »

Last night I watched The Queen of Versailles and was reminded once again of the idea of “enough.” It’s very simple: stop when you have enough. This goes for all kinds of consumption: eating (especially large meals at restaurants where you don’t usually get to pick your portion), drinking (coffee, alcohol, milkshakes or any “vice” [...]

Read Full Post »

Following through on “autumn plans”

Posted in - Balancing parenthood and ..., ... Writing, How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, Mostly about writing, tagged , , , , , on 6 November 2012 | 3 Comments »

Late this summer I wrote a post about autumn plans.  Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa Bell made what they called “autumn plans” and I was smitten by the idea.  Woolf writes: I always think of those curious long autumn walks with which we ended a summer holiday, talking of what we were going to [...]

Read Full Post »

On packing for a trip

Posted in How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, Mostly about stuff (like, physical stuff), tagged , on 2 July 2012 | 3 Comments »

I titled this post “On packing for a trip” (instead of just “Packing for a trip”) because the “on” makes it sounds like a Montaigne essay.  (He wrote essays with alluringly short titles like “On Cannibals,” “On Thumbs,” “On Drunkenness.”) Montaigne is known in literary circles as “the father of the essay” because, in 16th [...]

Read Full Post »

Declutter calendar (and a kicker from Thoreau)

Posted in How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, tagged , , , , , on 24 March 2012 | 2 Comments »

Recently I’ve been doing a major clutter-clearing (see Spring Cleaning and Housecleaning with E.B. White for the full scoop). We’re moving, and I don’t want to waste time, energy, money or back-muscles by transporting things I don’t really want or need.  Clearing all this clutter has been incredibly liberating, and I’ve been thinking about ways [...]

Read Full Post »

Spring cleaning

Posted in How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, tagged , , , , on 15 March 2012 | 3 Comments »

So much for drawing room evenings — at least for a little while.  Right now it’s all about stuff — getting rid of unwanted stuff, packing the stuff we want to keep, and trying to figure out where the kept stuff is going to go in our new place.  (See Housecleaning with E.B. White for [...]

Read Full Post »

Housecleaning with E.B. White

Posted in How is it I have a category about clutter and cleaning??, tagged , , , , , , , on 3 March 2012 | 2 Comments »

I’m undertaking a major housecleaning — so major that house clearing is more like it. We’re moving.  That’s the occasion for this purge. Ever since I left home for college I’ve been fairly nomadic.  When I lived in New York I moved five times in six years.  I got used to living light and I [...]

Read Full Post »