Prairie Mango

2022-01-11: My daughter just fell asleep for a nap. She rarely naps anymore. I could do dishes. Or some writing. …

2022-01-10: Weather forecast for Vancouver, courtesy of The Tragically Hip 🎵: The rain came down berserk My …

2022-01-10: I’ve been basking in this article by Maria Popova on The Marginalian - Resolutions for a Life …

2022-01-08: Paper is one of my biggest clutter hang-ups. Old birthday cards, half-used journals, and especially …

2022-01-08: Decluttering continues around Merlin’s Table. I decided to drop the leaf and the area feels …

2022-01-07: Jowls comfortably tucked into underbite 🐶 📷

2022-01-06: Three-year-old: My favourite colour is green. and orange. and purple. and rainbows. and blue and …

2022-01-06: Tried making maple syrup snow candy for the first time. I just winged it without a candy thermometer …

2022-01-05: Decluttering Merlin's Table: The Quest Begins Today (this week… the past two years…) didn’t go quite as I had planned. My …

2022-01-04: My 2021 in Review I tend to have a pretty bad memory for events and the timeframes in which they occur. So when I …

2022-01-04: I love webcomics. These were my favourites in 2021: - Brainchild - Daughter of the Lilies - …

2022-01-02: My favourite music last year was Benjamin Clementine’s 2015 album At Least for Now 🎵. I could …

2022-01-01: Preparing to Declutter - Part 4 A-ha! I now know where to focus my efforts first when I start my decluttering in earnest on January …

2021-12-26: Preparing to Declutter - Part 3 In Part 2, I wrote about Dana K. White’s concept of the “Clutter Threshold” from …

2021-12-24: Whoo! My daughter spontaneously started picking up her stuffed toys off the floor and putting them …

2021-12-22: Here’s where I keep the clothes I want to re-wear before washing: on top of a box of my …

2021-12-22: Voila! Exhibit A of my need to declutter! This is my computer desk. Why is there a flute, a sock, a …

2021-12-21: Preparing to Declutter - Part 2 The first nine chapters of Dana White’s Decluttering at the Speed of Life address beliefs and …

2021-12-20: Preparing to Declutter - Part 1 In preparation for decluttering my home in January, I’m starting to read Dana K. White’s …

2021-12-19: My daughter M’s first knock-knock joke: M: Knock knock. me: Who’s there? M: Frog. me: …

2021-12-18: Coming 2022: Clutter-Free Space Blog series idea for January 2022: Tracking my decluttering progress (or lack thereof, we’ll …

2021-12-17: Sorry for Apologizing So Much Something I’ve noticed in recent months is my daughter’s use of the words, …

2021-12-15: Tell Me a Frog Story I’ve discovered a cool trick for quickly improving my storytelling skills: Having a …

2021-12-15: Hi! I’m Suzy. Here I am, starting a blog :)