Looking forward to old age, to age-old dreams
We decided to Go Tiny
Minimalize
Buy a little crackerbox and live the Keebler life
It won’t be for a long while
But I have started shedding stuff
it peels off daily
Flotsam off the shelves
Out of closets
So much stuff
Stephanie said, “But you don’t have much stuff”
I so, SO get what she means
We are actually simple people
Complicated but unencumbered
It’s part of the pastoral couple thingie
And yet, daily, I find piles to move along
Clothes I will never wear
Art supplies I have not used
(Sure, I might take up painting again,
but the acres of acrylics
the pall of palettes
oy.)
So St. Vinny’s (patron saint of people who just moved into a new place and really need stuff) takes on my burdens
I will burn a candle at his altar
Fly, my pretty things
Fly and roost on someone else’s house
Our nest will be empty (mostly)
again
(c) Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Sharp Little Pencil 
oldegg
The older I get the more bits I find I have but can’t get rid of. Now tell me the truth did you really get rid of all that stuff?
Renee Espriu
I totally get what you mean. After open heart surgery in 2015, I had to retire and sell my home. I began renting but could no longer do it due to money constraints so now live with my daughter. She has a huge home but granddaughter and great grandbabies live here as well. It’s amazing what you can simply say good-bye to and know someone else will appreciate it all. I am now finishing a very small structure I had put on her property that will be my art studio. I have always wanted one and at long last it will happen. I am hoping that one day…if things begin to go my way (whatever that means), I will once again have my own place. I have been independent since age 17 and just turned 67. Nice to know I have a roof over my head but I only have a large bedroom and closet inside the house and have to share the rest of the space. At times…awkward. Take care and I do hope you like wherever you land.
kaykuala h
Fly, my pretty things
Fly and roost on someone else’s house
Our nest will be empty (mostly)
How we wish to rid off things from our own. Others ought to be getting their fair share of doing them too. Everyone has this problem. It never ends. How have you been doing Amelita, Ma’am?
Hank
jaerose37
A good clean out is good for the soul – I hope it goes well 😉
Sherry Marr
I have purged severely with every move and still have too much stuff. I do love my treasures, but this last move, it felt really good to downsize. I have a closet of clothes I never wear to purge still.
Regine Karpel
Great.
http://www.rsrue.blogspot.com
Roger
I’ve spent the last 5 months going through “stuff”