Welcome Cheap Bohemians

Thanks to Lisa from Cheap Bohemian for posting a link to our blog.

If you want to join us on our journey -- even occasionally -- click here to join our Flickr group.   When you post a photo to our group, we'll add it to the slideshow!   We'll also occasionally (or maybe more often) add your item as a guest post here.

(And big hat tip to "S", who clued us in to Cheap Bohemian.)

"S" Spots More of Our Kindred

Check this awesome guest post by Rosemary Markowski on Lisa Schamess' blog, Cheap Bohemian.

My favorite part:

"It's all about the editing. If an object is not serving you exactly the way you want, let it go. This acts as a little exercise in the belief of abundance as the natural state."

Exactly. 

Rosemary is cleaning her way through Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook.   Way to go, Rosemary.

I'm going to enjoy exploring these blogs!

Thanks, "S," for passing them along.

A New Kindred Spirit

Stephanie Rosenbloom wrote a great article in the August 7 NY Times about whether stuff makes you happy.   Her article links to an awesome "simple living" blog called Rowdy Kittens,  by one half of a downsizing couple, Tammy Strobel.  

Gentle readers and bloggers, I think you'll love Strobel's "Downsizing Story."   And the comments to that post are quite illuminating, too.   A couple of people commented that they had not missed anything they had given away or sold, and I can attest to that, pretty much 100%.   No, really, I Might NOT Need It.

Oh, and Rosenbloom's article and Strobel agree, stuff doesn't make you happy. 

(Rowdy Kittens?)

There's An App For It: Project 365

One of the top photography apps for the iPhone is called Project 365.

I might just heart Alvin Yu, the guy who designed this app, which I'll download and report back on.    Here's the quote he chose for his "about" page:

"In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece.”

— Eddie Murphy