Stuff and Nonsense
I read recently about a Japanese man named Fumio Sasaki who, in the interests of mental clarity, has resolved to possess no more than 150 objects at any one time, Four of those objects are socks. He is quoted thus: “It’s…
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Losing Sleep Over Losing Sleep
pinterest.com My fitness tracker has stopped communicating with my smart phone, which is fine with me. I frankly do not need a gizmo to tell me what a failure I am at sleep. Back when the tracker and my phone were…
From the Eye of the Firestorm
wired.com For the first time in a week, my husband and I woke up to clear skies this morning. We could barely smell the smoke, a reeking, breath-robbing blanket that has settled over us since Sunday night. Molly the dog got…
Real Paleo
It’s Sunday and I’m lounging in my favorite chair in front of the fireplace, sipping a perfect cup of coffee and munching, in a leisurely way, on a cream currant scone.It was brought to me by my husband, who arose this…
Something in the Air
Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it, right? pinterest.com Lately the weather seems bent on making life difficult, on a spectrum from deadly (hurricanes Hugo and Irma) to merely unpleasant. Even in bucolic Napa Valley, we’ve…