Pettifogging ← Focusing on the petty or trivial.

Ruts

Mar

2013

Things aren’t really going as planned on this endeavour of mine. I have a few posts in draft form that are coming along slowly because they are a bit large in scope, but otherwise I’m lacked motivation and ideas. Top that off with my fighting off depressive periods each of the last three weekends and ...

Smoothing the Edges

Feb

2013

Simplicity isn’t easy. You think it might be until you try to apply the idea of interjecting simplicity into your life, then you start finding workflows that can be trimmed, items that you can rid your house of and more. Why am I saying this now? Because I just simplified my workflow on this blog. ...

Thoreau, Tiny Houses and Simplicity

Jan

2013

Bear with me here. I’m 35 years old and am only just reading Walden for the first time. It’s been inspiring so far. Tiny houses are one of my current areas of interest. I’m enamoured by the idea of living in the minimal necessary area for my happiness. A bed, bathroom, kitchen and area to ...

Still Here

Jan

2013

Henry Thoreau wrote in Walden: I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. I need to create my own version of this statement. Like: I say beware starting new enterprises just a week or two before your typically busiest time at work. I have a ...

Hey, Free Bookshelves

Jan

2013

If you’ve never heard of Freecycle, it’s time you learned of the community. Freecycle is a collection of networks where people post things they need to get rid of or things they hope to find. What’s unique about it is that everything posted is free for the taking. Yes, there’s a lot of semi-useless stuff ...

Ardestie Earth House

Jan

2013

While visiting my father-in-law over Christmas, my wife and I (along with the kiddo), took the opportunity to revisit one of my favourite locations in Scotland. Just a few miles away from his house lies Ardestie Earth House, an Iron Age souterrain. What’s a souterrain you ask? Stone-lined passages that would have originally been underground. ...

A New Year, A New Initiative

Jan

2013

So, 2013 is here. With it I intend to launch this personal blog of mine. I’ve actually tried this earlier last year but it petered out after a handful of posts. Try, try again as the saying goes. What will I be posting about? A little of this and that. I’m currently trying to live ...