“Life is like a good black and white photograph, there’s black, there’s white, and lots of shades in between.” – Karl Heiner I haven’t been doing much editing to black & white lately, perhaps because the days of the winter were so gloomy and grey that I didn’t want to head into that direction. But […]

Growing up as a child in America, the majority of my favorite treats came out of plastic packaging. We were all being fed Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Oreos and more on a regular basis — but at that point, they weren’t nearly as full of modified starch and corn syrup (or we were totally oblivious to […]

Unlike many places in the US, Germany and Europe in generally built to allow people to get from point A to point B without using a car. They may not always walk there, but instead use bikes or even public transport — but for the most part, people do a whole lot more walking over […]

Since we bought our house 6 years ago, we’ve been thinking about the huge potential that lies within our unfinished attic in the main house. It’s a huge space, with high ceilings throughout most of it. Unfortunately, at the moment it’s not only a storage building but also a major kink in our heating and […]

Lately we’ve been taking a lot of strides to get our list of projects pulled together in a complete list that includes not only all the areas in our house that are part of the Decluttering Mission of 2012, but also all those “honey do” home renovation projects (both large and small) that are looming […]