Category Archives: Daily Chores

Things you can do while doing daily chores that will make your imprint lighter.

Downsizing Stuff

By kimba | Published: February 23, 2010
I’m a minimalist at heart. I’m not big on having a lot of stuff. I like functionality. I like simplicity. When I imagine my dream home it has only a few sparsely furnished rooms plus a detached painting studio. That’s actually more than what I have now, but still minimalist on American terms. That said, [...]
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Seed Bombs

By kimba | Published: May 14, 2009
The house people can’t agree on what to do with the front yard. Their tastes in what a yard or garden looks like are completely different from each other. One wants a field of ever-blooming flowers and the other wants hardscaping and plants that don’t need to be taken care of. Last fall the yard had [...]
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Laid-Off? Open A Thrift Store!

By kimba | Published: February 7, 2009
With the news that there were just about 600,000 people in the US laid-off last month, I started thinking of ideas for new ways to make cash in a cash-strapped world. When money gets tight, people will start recycling their stuff – donating and buying to and from places like GoodWill, selling off the antiques to [...]
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