If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. – William Morris When Morgan started this Thursday Purgeday project, I was inspired. It had been awhile since I …
It’s not the tragedies that kill us, it’s the messes. – Dorothy Parker I used to be really, really organized. Really. For years I worked as a writer and editor and was pretty good at juggling the projects and the paperwork. About six years ago, my love of photography unexpectedly …
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. – Kurt Vonnegut Jr. You know when there’s a Monday holiday and you go to get mail and realize there isn’t any? I’m kind of feeling like that w …
The superfluous, a very necessary thing. – Voltaire A house is just a pile of stuff with a cover on it. – George Carlin I like stuff. I am a sentimental fool and a writer, which means I find meaning in all sorts of ephemera. And I’m no …
If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, “Who could have done this? We have no enemies.” – Phyllis Diller One tricky aspect of freelancing is you never know when a new project will come along. Work is …
My friend Morgan is many things – wife, mother, daughter, sister, writer, blogger – and now, she adds yet another title to her long list of great skills: motivator of the disorganized. As a writer/photographer/copyeditor/designer, I’m always juggling various projects. And until quite recently, I was pretty good at keeping …