During our downsizing these two dolls tumbled out of a box. I had to smile when I saw them. They were the bride and groom that stood stark naked atop our wedding cake 38 years ago. On a Friday afternoon,…
THE BRIDE AND GROOM
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AND A HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO YOU TOO, MY DEAR!!
This week I’m going to move away from my preoccupation with our downsizing experience and write something for Mother’s Day. But I don’t want to write about my mother. I want to talk about my daughter. She and I had…
A DAY AFTER THE TAG SALE
The sale day came, a Saturday morning, and for the first hour, maybe two hours, no one showed up. We’d been to the bank the day before and our pockets were bulging with change as we sat on the couch…
MOVING SALE (May 5th & 6th)
Downsizing I’ve learned is a process of getting rid of the old. And once I moved passed figuring out what stays and what must be left behind the major problem became how to get rid of all that’s now considered…
The Trunk That Couldn’t Fly
I am really surprised at how much emotional stuff I am being confronted with as I go through this process of downsizing. For instance, many years ago I decided that traveling was the one thing in my life that I…
Donating Books
In this downsizing process I’m beginning to feel a bit like “Old Mother Hubbard who went to her cupboard to find her dog a bone.” Yikes, take a look at the bookshelf next to my computer!! It used to be…
I found my first journal “Dear Diary”
As I go through the process of downsizing I keep running into interesting bits and pieces of the past, like my first journal, Dear Diary. I found this plastic covered book buried under a pile of other journals. When I…
THE FISH MUST GO
The fish must go. Now that’s an ambiguous statement coming from a woman who is in the throes of a major downsizing project. Does that mean the fish are coming along with us? Or does it mean that our fish…
Deconstructing Dolly
Our decision to downsize to a smaller apartment has resulted in sifting, sorting, donating, and disposing of a variety of personal items. What I wasn’t expecting, though I shouldn’t be that surprised, is the level of emotional debris that’s getting stirred…
My Story “The Competition” is the March Story of the Month in Bartleby Snopes
If you have not all ready tuned into Bartleby Snopes Literary Magazine now is a good time to do so. My story “The Competition” is the Story of the Month for March. Here is a link to my story:…