I come to you today, humble servant, bearer of the good word: There are services one might employ to instigate the removal of junk mail, both virtual and the real life kind. Here are two. -Unroll.me According to the little scrap of magazine pinned this week up on my bulletin board, I came across Unroll.me in the December 2012 issue of InStyle. Evidently I've been meaning to share its existence here since then, but you ...

Those keys? The ones that have been hanging out in the junk drawer for the past five years? The ones lurking at the bottom of that penny jar, with all those mysterious screws? The ones that haven't unlocked anything for you this side of the millennium? Right, those. You can get rid of them now. I know, I know. it's a wild notion. The what ifs! The maybes! The mystery! Sure, you might indulge your ...

Man, the subject of gifts has sure been taking a beating here as of late. Rather than relenting, today I've been compelled to take yet another whack at it. Whereas recently preceding posts have set their sights on addressing a. the selection of specific presents and b. the intersection of gifts and decluttering, this latest iteration is chiefly concerned with when and why presents are purchased. Interestingly, nearly every one of my clients have had ...

I came across this quote this last week while sorting through a stack of papers with my client. We both read it over and then just sort of sat there, stunned for a moment. "Wow," I finally said, and she went to pin it up on her bulletin board. Man done said it all, and I'm leaving it off with with his words echoing in our all minds. May your week be a grand one.

Please to acquaint your Friday selves with M. Elle Design. A week or so ago, blogger Cassandra Lavalle featured a dining room which drew me in like that old moth to the Elle Decor feature. "Hmm" I thought, as I hovered my mouse over the designer link, and then, as the following page loaded, "ahhh." How's that for an opener, right? M. Elle Design is based in Santa Monica, CA and Newport Beach, CA, and is, if ...