You know that horrible (horrible, horrible) taste when an avocado starts to turn? Yeah, the one where even a smidge of it mixed in with the rest of the avocado just ruins the…
I'm nearing 59 now, but when I was in my 20s, for some reason, I would think often on "adaptive clothing." I didn't have a name for what that type of clothing was…
Lighters and pens are the kind of things that are easy to hand to another person and never see again: the recipient (and new "owner") having no sense they walked off with your…
When a-searchin' for a product to purchase, any time I see a "best of" or review guide by a newspaper such as The New York Times or Chicago Tribune, I am 1) more…
If you're not yet on your local Buy Nothing Facebook Group, do consider joining.
The posts' focus are one of three options: GIFT, ASK and GRATITUDE, and the people who say they're going to…
Sometimes I wonder if my house would ever get straightened up if it were not for the occasional, and sometimes spontaneous, guest.
I swear I got more done (put away, straightened up, organized, slightly…
As I am wont to do, after camping and various other trips, I take some packing notes. What worked well? What would I do differently? What are some specific variables and conditions to…
I have a bench.
I have a view.
I have quiet.
I have the blessings of space and a mind that wishes to be explored as I write, write, write.
And I have -- as I noticed…
This!
This miraculous tube of relief.
This product brought forth from The Heavens (or maybe some pharmaceutical company's lab).
This little 3.5 fl oz. tube of thank-you-thank-you-thank-you!
cover me in goo …
I grew up with parents who, in the ‘70s, were fairly healthy and health-oriented. My parents did international folk dancing for their exercise and socializing; my mom gardened, composted and made every meal…
In the "TP Scare of 2020," I think it's a great opportunity for Americans (in particular) to examine their default expectations about the availability of resources ... and how much of those resources…
I think I first got this idea from someone at the 2017 Constellation Burn. She had a camp with lighters and stickers and basically was letting people sticker-design their own lighters and keep…