I’m typically pretty down to earth with the way I decorate, but I have noticed over the years that there are different style diva’s living inside me, all with their own idea of what const...
Patrick and I grew up with different backgrounds. He grew up playing on hundreds of acres of West Virginia mountains and I grew up (largely) in a landscaped middle class suburbia. One of the big diff...
“What man but a philosopher would not be ashamed to see his furniture packed in a cart and going up country exposed to the light of heaven and the eyes of men… It is the same as if all th...
“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” -Henr...
Some real treasure for you today. Top of the list. A monk who has chosen to participate in peace: Hare Krishnas at the Occupy Wall Street. I’m not a Hare Krishna but I absolutely love their foo...
I was building a list with multiple resources in it, and then I ran across this. This to me, is the calm and positive approach I appreciate. After hearing this one person’s perspective on Occup...
*I speak from an individual perspective in this article. ** The videos weren’t showing at first, but I’ve fixed the code now. :) The occupy movement is now global. Saturday October 15th w...
I saw this online and I thought it was definitely worth sharing. It was a comment someone shared on this post. It’s an interesting and very honest perspective. It sounds like a totally d...
I recently saw Deepak Chopra’s message to the occupy wall street movement. Deepak spoke at the center of the occupy protest in New York City and shared a message of non-violent, compassionate c...
I once felt that my empathy would cripple me. I felt too much of what was happening around me. It was as though something inside of me had opened up too wide for the world around me. With my child...
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” -Mohandas Gandhi “There is no need for temples, no need for com...
*Image courtesy of The Truths of Life. In our society there’s a certain push to keep going. If you have a headache and it’s a workday, you take an aspirin and keep on going. If you’...
Today it has rained. It has rained so much the mothball smell is finally leaving the second hand curtains I bought, the ones hanging on the line. It has rained so much that pinecones have loosened fr...
1) Toss Your Excess: Minimalism is a lot more than getting rid of your junk, but it’s an essential first step. As you clear your attics, your basements, your closets, and your car, you&#...
This fine fall weekend we’re going to a 50 acre botanical garden in Orlando with a friend. I’m excited for the outing and I can’t wait to see what kind of pictures we get. I conside...
Hey everyone. Today’s the day that I open up submissions for the 2012 All Star List of Minimalist Blogs. Want to see your blog submitted? Head on over to the submissions page. I’m really ...
I used to block pathways in my home. It wasn’t a consciously decided intention, it was an accidental reoccurrence. A continuous dropping of loads of crap right inside my front door, by the entr...
Incense used to be a small part of my life. I loved it, but if I’d made a list of the top ten most important things in my life incense wouldn’t have made the list. Despite incense being a...
Yesterday I was listening to some Pink Floyd tunes and came across an old favorite called, “Take It Back”. I’d heard this song many times before but as I listened yesterday, I picked up a different m...
I just got a note from a reader, Anita, who discovered the 2011 All-Star List of Minimalist Bloggers for the first time. For those who don’t know, it is a list of 120+ minimalist bloggers that ...
For Olivia who asked for a post on paper clutter: Many of us find ourselves inundated with paper. It’s almost as though on some primitive Jungian level we still know that paper is precious, th...
It’s a tiny house world out there. Think small isn’t in? It’s still risky? Weird? There’s a serious economic range when it comes to talking about tiny houses. You can find tin...
How do you translate something that won’t translate? How do you share a sunbeam peeking through a noon o’clock sun shower? The feeling of peace that fills you as you lay in bed and watch ...
It has been a few years but we are still smacking our lips to clear off the sticky now that the mortgage bubble has blown up in our nation’s collective face. As we watch our government reach it...
blue crab at our front door. last week. post inspired by Joshua Becker. Last week I stepped out the front door of my tiny house and onto our temporary step. It was one of those moments like a thousan...
wash day. photo by me. taken last week. Lorna recently asked me how many items of clothing I own now. She saw my tiny house closet shot and felt compelled to ask. I don’t like to get number-bou...
backyard mushroom by patrick. photo taken this week. happy summer! I frequently get asked if I miss things after I’ve decluttered them. I think it’s a pretty common fear, and potentially ...
Would you turn your house into a giant billboard? Would you do it if it meant someone would pay your mortgage for a year? Talk about hitting people while they’re down. We’re in a question...
The cicadas are telling us that it’s time to relax. The rhythms and hums they produce when dusk is settling works as a primordial alarm clock. It’s saying it’s time for the rest of ...
photo from vipa. words inspired by chase and adbusters and a lot of things right now. The massive wilds were my blood. They flowed through my veins, they were the meat of my flesh....
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