Trophies I Gave Away

And away they went, six trophies from the run-bike-swim days of my mid-to-late twenties. Medals from cross-country ski  races. Toastmaster ribbons and certificates. A celebratory mug from law school… why is it that we keep these things? Come to think of it, why do we collect them in the first place? A question like that could […]

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Stuff I Gave Away – Today’s Shortlist

In today’s de-cluttering news, we have the damaged, the unused, the faded and the boring: • sandbox toys that were sun-faded and cracked; • perfectly good weather-stripping that we don’t need; • tennis balls faded to grey; • decorative Christmas twigs spray-painted a garish gold that have left sparkly droppings everywhere they’ve been for the […]

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De-Cluttering my Daughter’s Desk

I am sitting at my daughter’s desk attempting to cure her computer of a virus. There is a lot of waiting involved in this task, as the computer chugs through scans and multiples re-boots. As I sit, I contemplate the chaos of objects littering the surface of her desk. My daughter is much like her father, […]

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