Why I Travel

“The world is a book. People who don’t travel read only one page.” ––St. Augustine 138 days. That’s how long we spent on a ship traveling around the world this year. This [...]

Clearing Out Years of Stuff: How We Did It

“…an old No Fear ad campaign says, ‘the one who dies with the most toys still dies.’ But instead of heeding this simple wisdom, we continue filling our pockets with rocks [...]

Taming of the Shelf

It all began with a wonder question posed by my husband as we contemplated what to do with the cluttered bookcase that takes up an entire wall in our 1875 home: Why would we keep a book? This [...]