I Wonder Why? Finding Joy through Your “Little Girl”
Today I headed out for my ritual Sunday morning beachwalk, only to find that, because I was a little later than usual, and it was a postcard perfect day, I couldn’t park in my usual spot. So, rather than parking up next to the beach, I had to park in the parking garage two blocks away. That gave me the perfect opportunity to browse in the little local shops along the way. This year I made three commitments to myself regarding “buying things”: 1. I am limiting purchases to only things I absolutely need. I “shop” in my own closets, drawers... [Read more]
Letting Go of “Stuff”
I read author Daniel Pink’s comment in an Oprah interview and it really struck me– “An entire industry revolves around storing our excess stuff”. Wow! Every other corner in South Florida has some sort of storage facility on it, where many of us who traded larger homes for a piece of paradise have put all that excess stuff. And some of us have kept it there for years! Particularly now, I just started to imagine how many families there are who have nothing who could use all of that perfectly good “stuff”… The next day I picked... [Read more]
Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle…Halloween?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Hopefully, some of you saw the article in the Sun-Sentinel last week, featuring “Green Halloween”. I have had so much fun volunteering at Trash2Treasure’s Creative Re-Use Center throughout the month of October, encouraging kids (and parents) to “think outside the box”, use their imaginations, and create Halloween costumes from reusable, recycled and re-purposed supplies. Why is it that making your own Halloween costume is such a novel idea these days? Friday night I volunteered at an outdoor, family... [Read more]
