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Four days off the grid

Posted in Mostly about (pop) culture, Truly Miscallaneous, tagged , , , , , on 6 April 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Over the course of our move, over the length of last weekend (and a bit beyond) we’ve been without internet access.  I’ve been amazed at how irritating this is, and how dependent I’ve become on the web. I’ve written before about wanting to try some “drawing room evenings” – evenings where my husband and I [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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