Saturday, September 30, 2017
Friday, September 22, 2017
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Minimalism
I have been a minimalist for many years now. During the early months of my major downsizing of possessions there were two things that became very clear to me.
1) When you think of buying something new, before you make that purchase it is a good idea to think of how you can someday get rid of it.
2) Valuable things are much harder to get rid of than ordinary things. If it is truly valuable you tend to feel obligated to sell it for money rather than just giving it away or tossing it. And selling something depends on finding someone who is willing to buy it.
There were times when I had so many things that I wanted gone that I consciously gave things, that I knew were worth a lot more than they would ever give me, to a consignment business because my need to be rid of things was more powerful than my need to get every penny I could for them.
Once there were a few pieces of sterling silver that I simply put in a plastic bag and handed to Goodwill because I simply could not face trying to sell them and I just wanted them out of my life.
Monday, September 11, 2017
Food
Sometimes a food item you really liked is ruined because the restaurant/store/supplier decides to make it more "cheaply".
Sometimes it's ruined because they decide to make it "better".
Friday, September 8, 2017
Book and Movie
"I Remember You" by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
This to me was a classic ghost/mystery story by a writer I always enjoy.
There is a 2017 Icelandic film adaptation that I would love to see.
I would imagine a movie version would either be wonderful and scary if well done or terrible if poorly done. But I wonder if a movie would provide enough time to really cover all that happens in the book which would seem to me to be enough for a mini-series.
Monday, September 4, 2017
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