Arnie calls her home “my accordion house” and laughs. It’s a huge Victorian building in the center of Concord, New Hampshire. Arnie inherited it from an aunt who lived on the second floor until her death. When her husband died at an early age, she was suddenly a widow of very limited means. Committed to […]
Read More...Is Stuff Your Barrier?
“I figured it was much easier to clean out two rooms of my stuff than it would be to clean out the entire house. That’s what I’d have to do if I downsized. It was good work. I had kept every single love letter written to me since I was a teenager. I sat down […]
Read More...Why Letting Go of Stuff is the First Step
Stuff. Under my stairs collecting dust I have four boxes of books and CDs. I have no idea what’s in the boxes. They’ve been there three years, ever since I packed them up in order to dismantle the bookcase they were on. My plan is to build a new bookcase for them. But if I […]
Read More...Benefits for Sharing Housing
There are four main benefits for sharing housing. These are broad categories. Read them and consider how each would be a benefit in your life. 1. Save money Housing costs are high. Everywhere. You can save literally thousands of dollars by sharing the cost of housing and utilities. 2. Companionship When you live alone its […]
Read More...Safety — The Primal Need
“Safe!” yells the umpire as the runner slides home. Safety. It’s a primal, basic need. We need shelter where we can be free from harm. We need security and stability. These needs are so deeply a part of us that Abraham Maslow, the psychologist, when he constructed his hierarchy of needs, put safety after food […]
Read More...Interview with Ira Wood on The Lowdown
Last month, I traveled to Cape Cod for family gathering and an interview. The Lowdown is hosted by Ira Wood on the public radio station of the Outermost Cape, Provincetown, MA – all the way at the tip of the Cape. The interview is a full half-hour long. Having read the book, Ira had great […]
Read More...I’ll Never Live Alone Again
Divorced, the mother of two adult children, Cynthia left the rural community where she had lived for many years for life in the Boston area. . At first she lived in a studio apartment by herself. It was a tiny apartment. She says, it was “so depressing, so isolating, so lonely. I came from a […]
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