Author Archives: Kat
Decluttering plant stuff
As I wrote in my post on December 7, “Ok, I’m doing it,” I’m getting serious about decluttering my home and my life, and I’m going to blog about some of this. For the past two week, I’ve spent a … Continue reading
Never? Really?
On Dec 18, Adam Thierer wrote an opinion piece for Forbes on the 10 Things Our Kids Will Never Worry About Thanks to the Information Revolution. Interesting, and thought provoking. Like most such lists, though, it demonstrates what I consider typical upper-middle-class blindness to the way the poorest Americans live. Continue reading
Wasting time
Today, I puttered. I worked a bit on de-cluttering my houseplant stuff: pots, trays, different kinds of potting soil, tools, vases. I worked a bit in my office, sorting through and consolidating old files, weeding out books I don’t want … Continue reading
White Christmas? Not this year.
It’s midnight, Dec 19. By the time I publish this, it may be over the edge into Dec. 20, and I’m mourning the fact that we won’t have a white Christmas this year. Oh, there might be a flurry or two, … Continue reading
Joy to the World
My favorite part of Christmas is the music. No, not the idiot pop tunes played much too loudly in every store, public building, and gas station. I mean real music, classical vocal and choral music, played and sung well. I … Continue reading