Thrifty Christmas

In New Zealand, Christmas arrives in the middle of summer. In my family, we have a pot luck lunch or dinner at someone's house (one of u...

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The Slow Work of Un-Stuffocation

We all seem to have lots of 'stuff'. Apparently many Westerners have a two car garage which cannot fit a single car in it (CBS Su...

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Gifting, regifting and guilt

I noted an article on 3 News about New Zealanders selling their "presents that missed the mark", which I thought was refreshing....

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Lightening Our Load

We end up with so much stuff, don't we, in this complex 21st century life of ours. Most of us have workplaces, cars and houses that b...

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