Category: Sweet Simplicity

A few weeks ago, we had our living room painted. In the process of preparing for the painters, I did a massive declutter. After the painting was finished and it was time to put everything back in its original spot, I took a...

Whew, it was a whirlwind of a ride for the first half of 2020! Every time I think I have seen or heard it all, something new comes on the news and my anxiety level takes another step higher. Sound familiar? This time in our...

Well, we have made it to the halfway mark of what I think we can all safely say as been one of the most tumultuous years in our existence. Summer feels different this year — instead of being chock full of vacations, county/state...

As I sit at my computer, rereading past blog posts and pondering the upcoming summer season, I am reminded of how very different the world is now from any other time in my life. For me, summer usually includes the promise of...

As I write this column, I am in the second month of the COVID-19-induced shelter in place. In some ways, this virus has imposed simple living on many of us whether we wanted to simplify things or not. My May calendar — which is...