Month: May 2018

  • Urge to Purge

    I slumped and sighed. “I have sorted, decluttered, organized and still have a lot to do before we have a yard sale.” “Some folks hire an agency to come in once a year to organize their house,” my friend observed. “Pay? For someone to organize?” I was shocked. Everyone gets the urge to purge, right?…

  • Our dog Jack

    Our white puppy Jack grew to the size of a small pony. An over-sized mixed-breed collie, he had a head as broad as a St. Bernard and long shaggy hair. My brothers, sisters and I liked him, and he liked people. Still, when the family planned to move across the country, the station wagon had…

  • Lizard in the Band-Aid Box

    In a box of odds and ends at the estate sale I spied an old, metal Band-aid box with a hinged lid that snapped shut. I hadn’t seen one in a while. It brought back childhood memories of well used crayons stored in a Band-Aid tin after their original cardboard box fell apart. Curious to…