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Who, you ask, is Victor Gruen - NOT a J. Gordon Lippincott? In the commercialized cacophony that is the "Holiday Season" leading up to Christmas and Hanukkah, I felt compelled to learn more about the inventor of the modern shopping mall. And it was my sheer dumb luck that the Austrian Embassy in ...
11/06/2023
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Italian Wedding Bell Soup is ambrosial, one of the best soups ever simmered by humankind. Complex, toothsome, I've had it in restaurants where the balance of flavors and textures left me swooning at its perfection, and I cheerfully savor an overly-commercialized bowl from a billion-dollar conglo...
10/28/2023
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More tall less flat. That was the closest to coherence I could get this morning, because I did NOT get enough sleep, as I did a quick pass clearing up in my bedroom. I'll explain in a minute. Organizing is not static. If it were, Organizers might be out of a job. Organizing is a life-long process...
10/14/2023
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My son is a student at Western Washington University. Proud Mom of course signs up for the newsletter. And is stunned and delighted when there is a quiet mention of a career clothing bank. Intrigued, I took a look at University of Washington. DITTO. Washington State University -score! Central Was...
10/12/2023
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I will be starting a virtual Buried in Treasures support group in January 2024. Please email me at lauren@casualuncluttering.com or call me at 425-947-3976 for details.• Does your stuff overwhelm you?• Is it kinda easy to bring it into your spaces, and kinda hard to let it go?• Do you want to thi...
10/02/2023
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So many cool clocks. So very many cool clocks. And timers. Using a clock that appeals to you can strongly enhance productivity. These are just some of my favorites:Braille clocksDiglo vibrating clocksLinear Clockworksmooas Cube TimerOwlconicSkil-Care Sensory ClockSunrise clocksTalking clocksTime ...
10/01/2023
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I will be starting a virtual Buried in Treasures support group in January 2024. Please email me at lauren@casualuncluttering.com or call me at 425-947-3976 for details.• Does your stuff overwhelm you?• Is it kinda easy to bring it into your spaces, and kinda hard to let it go?• Do you want to thi...
09/22/2023
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Marnie Cooper is in recovery from hoarding disorder. She's worked with Dr. Randy O. Frost for a very long time, and bravely captures her challenges and conquests as cinema verite, vignette videos which she shares on Facebook and YouTube with the title A Hoarder Comes Clean. I adore her sense of ...
09/13/2023
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The alarm flashed across my phone from one of those news consolidation sites that you sign up for without even knowing. "300% increase in hoarding!!!" That caught my attention.So I tried to read the lines. I used to be a professional researcher, I can find ANYTHING. There is no documented 300% ri...
09/13/2023
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OHMIUNIVERSE. A play for me and my peeps. And our neighbors, our clients, our friends and families. If I was back home in my NYC, I might be trying to be in the seats every night.Roundabout Theatre Company Danny DeVito I Need That
09/01/2023