The last couple of days I’ve been preoccupied with smells. Not just any smells, but memory smells. This obsession was triggered when I opened the plastic bin where I now store my office supplies since we downsized. When I pulled…
DO YOU SMELL THAT?
A DESTINATION WEDDING IN PUERTO RICO
Channing proposed marriage to Raquel while they were on vacation in Puerto Rico. So it would only be fitting that they decided to tie the knot on an Island that held such romantic memories. We were thrilled to be invited…
SUMMER IN THE CITY
The move is over. Our downsizing these days has been reduced to taking out the garbage. What a change to be living in a one-bedroom place compared to our large spread out old six-room apartment back in the Bronx. There…
THE MOVE
I can’t begin to tell you how happy I was to see the moving van pull up to our apartment building. We had done all of our own packing but it was now up to the three strong, young men who…
JAWS
This downsizing experience has been going on since the beginning of February and it is now June. For weeks and week while we wait for the renovations to be completed on our new and smaller apartment, I’ve been picking through…
WAR BONDS
Our downsizing is almost over. The renovation of the new apartment is nearly completed, the move-in date is drawing near and I keep running into things, items long forgotten like this photo of my parents and me. There is…