Rent vs Own
It’s 3AM and I am listening to the low, pulsing hum of a freighter making its way up or down Puget Sound. The noise I’m hearing is the propeller churning…
Homecoming
When I arrived home from Montana, I expected the Grand Moment… the Ta-da of completion. It didn’t happen. Not only was the job not done… part of what was…
Road Trip to Montana
Somewhere between Missoula and Butte, Montana, John Lennon is singing “Imagine” on the stereo. “Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can…” I start thinking about my bookshelves again. Mostly I…
Navigating Chaos
There is a fine layer of dust over everything. The cat calendar on the kitchen table still says Friday, October 1st. That was the day before two carpenters arrived for a…
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of…
Beauty. Standing in front of the magazine racks in Fred Meyer, I see glossy after glossy selling beautiful things. Whether it’s designer gardens from Fine Gardening and Sunset, or photo perfect meals from Bon…
A Word About Sundays…
When I first considered blogging about simple living, I thought that it might be an oxymoron. But it turns out that writing regularly about simplicity keeps me thinking about it……
To Have or To Have Not
Before Simple Living and Tiny Houses were twittered and blogged and typed into search engines, I made The List. Inspired by the example of Michael Phillips and the Briarpatch Community,…
City Mouse, Country Mouse
I grew up in Seattle and though I love the rural paradise where I live now, the city still lures me. I crave the buzz of energy and the visual…
Stella Sunday Afternoons 