The Miracle of Ziplock® Containers

We are keeping the plastic Ziplock® containers! My husband suggested I use old margarine tubs, for pete’s sakes. Clearly he isn’t the one who runs the kitchen. You try facing a half-dozen identical margarine containers stuffed into the freezer. Label them? Are you kidding me? Do you know how much time that takes, and – […]

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Just Stuffing

At this early stage in my blog, I realize that I haven’t yet examined my philosophical interest in the physical aspect of this quest, that is, the giving up of material things. That may seem a trivial concern when we are talking about, say, a pink-and-purple beaded skipping rope with one handle missing, but, wait […]

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Kite in a Tree: the Republic of Play

It’s an unseasonably mild spring day. A warm breeze buffets the tree boughs, the sun is out in full force. It feels like the middle of June, not the first of April. Everywhere people are out washing cars, puttering in gardens. In two different drive-ways kids are playing hockey. That’s not typical, seeing so many […]

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