‘Meth friendly’ is a special kind of friendship. It’s a friendship between neighbors when the deliveries and pickups happen between 10 pm and 4 am. Call it a friendship of the night.
LIFE INVENTORY FOR FENG SHUI BLISS
June 9, 2024 by
Do the words ‘life inventory’ sound like something you’d do with a counselor? Why not get an early start and see how it goes on your own. Make a list, write it down, and see if you need what you’ve got. Then make a list for what you’re looking for.
TOO MUCH? TOO MANY? WHEN CAN YOU TELL
April 13, 2024 by
Too much of anything is a problem, but not when someone else tells you. You’ve got to tell yourself. It’s that simple. And that difficult. But, as usual, there’s more to it.
MID-CENTURY MODERN REMODEL LOVE STORY
April 3, 2023 by
Mid-century modern has a nice ring. Whether a chair, a table, or a house, there’s a built in appeal to the name. Mid-century people are called baby boomers, but you knew that. And there’s little that gets between a boomer and their stuff.
HOARDING TIME: MEMORY LOSS IN AGING BOOMERS
October 9, 2022 by
Hoarding time isn’t the same as a balancing a stack of newspapers, or an envelope of hairpins in a box of envelopes with hairpins. It’s not the same because hoarding time is about keeping memories, memories of loved ones, places, and things. Things are what we see when we suspect someone is a hoarder.
TEN HAMMERS? THINGS IN THE HOUSE WHEN ONE IS ENOUGH
June 23, 2022 by
Ten hammers ought to be enough? Who has ten hammers? Me. And they’re all looking for a nail.
INFLUENCE YOURSELF FOR LASTING RESULTS
July 26, 2021 by
How can you influence yourself without thinking the influencer is clueless? I don’t like being told what to do, but that’s where we all start. “Put your things away. Clean up after yourself. Show some respect.” Who hasn’t heard that as a child? Who hasn’t said it to a child? From appearances, not everyone was […]
COLLECTORS, SMALL MIRACLES, GOOD LIGHTING
March 24, 2019 by
Collectors call an empty cabinet, “A blank canvas,” into which they start throwing things like a Jackson Pollock painting. To them it’s one of many small miracles to create. Every drip is important, every splash significant; every teacup and tray, too. At least that’s how they explain it when asked “At what age did you […]
GUN TALK THE WRONG WAY … AGAIN
March 14, 2018 by
Raw Story posted a gun column about white men and guns. It was the sort of gun talk white men with guns shouldn’t identify with. “White men stockpile guns because they’re scared of black people and feel inadequate, science says.” That’s the rawstory title. It’s raw, but even more, it’s lazy, but a site called […]
BABY BOOMERS ENJOY HOT YEARS HOLDING ONTO THINGS
February 28, 2016 by
First we Hold Onto Things to stand up, then Hold Onto Things to stay up. Hot sounds good. A hot dinner. A hot rod. A hot shot. Hot is a difference maker. Hot is cool, until it’s not. Growing up baby boomer was cool when the Sixties were hot, but how cool could you be […]
