Opening a New Chapter in a New House
Minimalist Woman
by meg
3y ago
Things are, at long last, fairly settled. Life is so different than it was last autumn, as if I set in motion a sort of storm that blew us out of house and home and landed us in another. And I’m glad I did. It’s turned out to be a house that is more than just a snug shelter, it actually gives something back to the soul. If the garden is different, are the chairs really the same? There were many elements to this particular project, some of which I mentioned in the previous post: Steve and I sold our bungalow, Mom sold her farm house, and we went together on a larger house at the edge of ..read more
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Closing a Chapter in the Story of a House
Minimalist Woman
by meg
3y ago
December, 2006: It was very late in the afternoon and already dark when we left the title office. It was snowing again, in great big flakes. Too late to start moving into the little bungalow on the corner two blocks north, but we were happy and excited and just wanted to walk around the empty space and relish starting a new chapter in our lives. As I stood for a moment at the kitchen sink and looked out the window, I had the sense of being inside a snow globe, a bubble of wishes and dreams. The marquee of the community theater in the converted red brick church across the street came on, and li ..read more
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The Minimalist Cook’s Simple and Homemade Thanksgiving Dinner Guide
Minimalist Woman
by meg
3y ago
The holidays are quickly approaching, and the kids are doing the honors for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, now that they have a house big enough to turn around in. They’re excited, but also a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of cooking a big traditional dinner for the first time. Lots of others are in the same situation. So I thought I’d share the links to the Thanksgiving Dinner posts from my old Minimalist Cook blog, which were written for trad-dinner novices and people who had no time to shop for the ingredients until early Thanksgiving morning. And yes, that also means a post on cooking a ..read more
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Advanced Decluttering: Death Knitting!
Minimalist Woman
by meg
3y ago
That which lurks in the knitting basket! Death Decluttering has been making waves lately. The somewhat morbid name grabs attention, but it belies the life-affirming concept. So while I don’t think I’m dying anytime soon, I do still have stuff I know no one else is going to want when I kick the bucket, especially my huge mish-mash of yarn. Thus, I decided some Death Knitting was in order! First, however, I need to back up in time with a confession–it’s relevant, bear with me: despite all the stuff I managed to get rid of this year, I still had not destroyed the twenty-plus years’ wo ..read more
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The Signs of Acceptance, and the Acceptance of Signs
Minimalist Woman
by meg
3y ago
Back in January, I wrote about my word for the year, Acceptance, and what it meant to me. Little did I know it would end up meaning something even more. A little help to carry the load? I’ve made no secret in my blogs over the years that I’m profoundly deaf, although not birth deaf, and that I’ve always worn hearing aids and grew up speaking, lipreading and attending regular schools. I didn’t learn any sign language until after college, and then never used it because no one else in my world used it. I’ve been losing even more hearing with age, as to be expected. But there was another gradual ..read more
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