Savings and home: Suitcase-free vacations
There's a new word in the Western lexicon. Not brand-new; it's been around for a couple of years, but it's being bandied about with renewed vigor lately, here where we all sit between this rock and that hard place. It's the staycation.

People persons: Human beings being humans
It's a funny expression, really - though lots of things look funny if you scrutinize them too closely. Still, it's a little curious to hear someone state, "I'm a people person." It always makes me ponder the alternative. Animal person? Perhaps. Tree person? Maybe. Old-house person? Could be.

Pack rat lifestyles and feng shui dreams
Every now and then, my spouse threatens to attach a chute to our attic window and park a Dumpster beneath it. He's only half kidding.

Note to self: Live long, and do it well
"I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived." - Willa Cather (1873-1947)