• Living

    The Silver Tray

    Why do we keep things we don’t need?  Is it a primeval hoarding instinct or a fear of lacking some vital item sometime in the future?  I was thinking about this as I try to become more minimalist in my…

  • Living

    Kitchen Tidy

    In my efforts to move towards a more minimalistic life, I moved on to the kitchen to try and reduce my possessions by 50%.  Kitchens seem to attract extras of everything, – plates, mugs, saucepans, glasses – and I am…