Over the years, I have posted quite a few times about the amount of stuff I have, and have given up. An astute reader might be led to think that I have a fundamental problem in my relationship to things, a sort of binge and purge attitude towards possessions. That reader would be right, or [...]
A List of Fives
Well, it seems that blog memes still exist, since my friend Jeff tagged me with one. In the true spirit of blogging, I will now blindly jump on board and reveal several seemingly interesting but totally meaningless factoids about myself:
What were you doing five years ago?
Living at the beach.
What are five snacks you enjoy?
I’m not [...]
Me, Here, Now
My life, and all of our lives here in the “first world” are obsessed with, organized around, and circumscribed completely by the three words that make up the title of this post: me, here, now. Nowhere is this more true than in the United States, where we are famous for our collective national amnesia, and [...]
Thing A Day
Jen and I have both signed up to do a Thing A Day this month. What this means is that we will each be ‘creating’ something unique every day this month.
The question I keep asking myself about the whole idea is “why?” If I really wanted to ‘create’, wouldn’t I just go out and do [...]
Making Space For Who You Will Be
There is a short entry up at Letters To An Unknown Audience that elegantly captures some of my thoughts on houses and the junk we put in them:
I spent the last week in the American desert, contemplating. One big thing I learned:
In your home, keep less of who you have been, and make space [...]
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