The art of emotional detachment from possessions is a lifelong pursuit. It’s learning how to appreciate an item for its functionality and/or beauty, without hanging onto it for purely sentimental reasons long after its usefulness or beauty has disappeared. There are very few things that should remain with us for life.
Two of the times in my life when I have felt the most free were after massive declutters. First, when we moved back to Minnesota from California. And then downsizing our possessions to (try to) move to Norway. … Read More »
What a month, friends. We had so much going on between kids’ commitments, out-of-town family, home to-do’s and travel planning–and ending the month with a bout of pinkeye for 3/5 of us–that I feel like I blinked and it’s May! School will be wrapping up soon, and then we’ll have a couple of weeks free before summer activities start.
A lot of homemaking is like that. You set the dishwasher to run. You pop some hand washing in the tub to soak. You make an appointment to have the air conditioner serviced… next week. You water your garden and wait for the seeds to grow. You vacuumed the entry, but someone tracked dirt inside two minutes later. Your friends need to reschedule a playdate. Your cousin has to move a phonecall.
My transition to holistic skincare and beauty started a while ago–back in 2016, when I first discovered