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Pet peeves of community life: Flip side of the upside – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. March 1, 2015. Pet peeves of community life: Flip side of the upside. At a recent house meeting (we hold them twice a month at BHFH), everyone was invited to write a couple of pet peeves about living in the house and place them in a basket. Some of the beefs that made their way into the discussion:. Crumbs around the toaster. Lights left on in empty common rooms. It wouldn’t be the same — and just wouldn&#...Suggests ...
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Corrections – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. We serve as each other’s editor, with one of us editing the other’s post before publication. But it takes a village and we welcome your suggested corrections from typos to issues of larger consequence. When we spot an error shortly after posting, or when fixing typos, we simply make the change. For more substantial mistakes, we make the fix and append a correction explaining what we’ve done and why. Bill lived at Beac...
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Resources – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. As we encounter useful resources along the paths of downsizing, living in an intentional community and exploring the sharing economy — among other things! We hope you’ll send your suggested additions (or revisions) to these resources to either of us, Bill. The Great Good Place. By Ray Oldenburg. See Susan Ager’s recommendation below. Beacon Hill Friends House. Just outside Washington, D.C. Places to hang out:. Initiat...
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Family – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. June 14, 2015. The Road Goes On…. Clicking on this Google Map will give you a better view of where our new place is vis-a-vis BHFH, just a bit over three miles west along Beacon Street. June 2, 2015. In good company: A Year in a Room on Midcentury/Modern. To A Year in a Room. That photo of granddaughter Lanie, now 14, is a bit dated, but we sure did enjoy those pedal kayaks in St. Pete. Jan Schaffer’s courageous...
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Aging – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. June 2, 2015. In good company: A Year in a Room on Midcentury/Modern. Debbie Galant, editor of an intriguing new online magazine focused on “following Boomers into their third act,” invited us to introduce readers of Midcenutry/Modern. To A Year in a Room. Since her good edits included questions I’m not sure we’ve answered on ayearinaroom.com, I’ve included a link to the story here. Might want to pursue. March 1, 2015.
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Downsizing as edit: Creating the “abridged version of yourself” – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. February 4, 2015. Downsizing as edit: Creating the “abridged version of yourself”. I’ve been watching, via his Facebook page. The transition of friend and colleague Mario Garcia from his 5,400 square-foot home in Tampa Bay to 800 square feet of co-op living in Manhattan. His Facebook posts revealed the nuts and bolts of the move as it unfolded. But he’s just posted an essay on the downsizing. We do have Mario beat on ...
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Bill Mitchell – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. November 28, 2015. We’ve moved to Acrossthehall.org. And we hope you’ll join us there in our new adventure, living across the hall. From Kate and Marton and Leila and Mateo. You can sign up for email alerts to new posts on the new blog simply by clicking Follow Across the Hall in the right rail of the new site. Read more about what we’re up to here. October 4, 2015. No longer a housie but still in it together. Heading...
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Kitchen – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. March 1, 2015. Pet peeves of community life: Flip side of the upside. At a recent house meeting (we hold them twice a month at BHFH), everyone was invited to write a couple of pet peeves about living in the house and place them in a basket. Some of the beefs that made their way into the discussion:. Crumbs around the toaster. Lights left on in empty common rooms. Tagged Posted by Bill Mitchell. November 22, 2014.
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Stuff – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. February 4, 2015. Downsizing as edit: Creating the “abridged version of yourself”. I’ve been watching, via his Facebook page. The transition of friend and colleague Mario Garcia from his 5,400 square-foot home in Tampa Bay to 800 square feet of co-op living in Manhattan. His Facebook posts revealed the nuts and bolts of the move as it unfolded. But he’s just posted an essay on the downsizing. November 27, 2014. After ...
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Posted by Bill Mitchell – A Year in a Room
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A Year in a Room. Tracking the small steps of a big transition. About A Year in a Room. Posted by Bill Mitchell. June 5, 2015. A lesson from my first AA meeting. I expected to learn some new things about my friend at the AA meeting, and I did. What surprised me was learning something about the topic that occasioned our trip to the west coast in the first place. Continue reading →. Tagged Posted by Bill Mitchell. June 2, 2015. In good company: A Year in a Room on Midcentury/Modern. To A Year in a Room.
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