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. 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…
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…
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:…
Well, the time has come for us to prepare for our move from a three-bed room, six-room apartment with two full baths and into a one-bedroom apartment. We are downsizing, oh yeah, and big time!!! We have lived in…
No matter how hard I tried today I could not settle down to business as usual and the writing that I do every day was just not going to happen. So, I did what I often do when I have…