I had to step away from Parrot Nation for a while due to many other obligations with my writing. I was hired by Bird Channel to write a weekly blog called, "Psittacine Cuisine" which took quite a bit of doing... Continue Reading →
This is Terri Holt with her sister. Teri lost her sister to breast cancer. "After losing her sister to breast cancer in 1999, a routine mammogram screening revealed a small tumor in the milk duct of the breast. Without thinking... Continue Reading →
Life occasionally has a way of suddenly grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and shaking you like a puppy shakes a toy. Everything is going along just swimmingly and then stuff happens that makes you aware once again... Continue Reading →
It's true. And doing this has not been easy for me. It's strenuous, it's emotionally taxing and it is a complete reversal of what I was taught: being thrifty, not wasting anything. Reusing, saving, repurposing, hanging onto things in case... Continue Reading →
This is why. It's simple: It's about time. It's about space. It's about peace of mind. It's about getting it clean and orderly and getting more elbow room. It's about creating space for not only you but creating time for... Continue Reading →
1000 pounds. That's a lot of stuff. At least it sounds that way. But I think it's easily achieved if I include the heavy items like furniture, pots, pans, tools, cast iron cookware, bags and bags of clothing, paper, glassware,... Continue Reading →
Employing a sliding drawer in my pantry helped organize envelope-type food packages. Thinking "through" your space is crucial when you're reorganizing your home. It's all well and good to take everything out, clean the space and the stuff and then... Continue Reading →
Well? How much is enough? Easy enough question. But not many people have the answer. Bernie Madoff certainly didn't. And look where that got him. We are trained by the media to buy, buy, buy. We need that toaster oven, that pasta... Continue Reading →
It gets hard. It gets boring. It's tiring. And you just don't want to do it. But at the end of the project, you'll realize that it was worth it. But in the middle of it, you might "hit the... Continue Reading →
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