posted at swissmiss, a graphic summing up some thoughts relevant to many of us here:
http://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/04/ownership-as-burden….html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Swissmiss+%28swissmiss%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
and timely, for me.
i am in paris, surrounded by beautiful things to buy at every turn.
every time i pause, i ask myself, do i want to carry this all over europe for the next four weeks?
the answer is always NO.
Oh, I'm not going to suggest shipping it home then... :P
Interesting graphic btw. I don't think it covers exactly every item I have at home, but many of the old acquisitions might still float a bit in that direction.
My house is starting to feel like a burden. The feelings about it follow that graph.
I haven't had that feeling of being burdened by things. I suppose if I started to I would try to rid myself of what was giving me those feelings? a house, however would be a harder thing to get rid of.
Bandicoot, I will be arriving in Paris on 20 April. Will you still be there then? I may not be as strong as you as resisting making purchases.
bandicoot ~ you are in Paris and I am envious! Now listen to me... back away from the computer and go out and BE in Paris! Stay out of shops. Focus on museums (stay out of museum shops), beautiful gardens, street scenes, and always splurge on fabulous food wherever you go.
I hope you don't read this because I hope by now you've shed the urge to go online... at least while you're in Paris. You lucky chiens!
Ou la la!
ella, believe me, we are walking the streets and hitting the gardens and museums all day long.
this is my second time here in nine months and my husband's third....and we are both besotted with this city.
I cannot throw my iPad away and not be online at all for weeks on end....I have a company to run.
spending 30 mins online here and there is part of the price I pay to take 3 months off most years, and I do not grudge it.
kstanfor, I am sorry I'll miss you.
we will be in london, en route to belfast by then.
I know you will enjoy yourself thoroughly.
we find paris to be a friendly city, easy to navigate, and always so much going on.
today I am going to see the madame gres retrospective (the first ever of her work) and yesterday we were at musee cluny gazing at 500 year old tapestries ( the lady and the unicorn cycle, simply magnificent) and other ancient things.
Est ce que vous avez allez au les patisseries a Paris? Qu'est que c'est vous avez mange au Paris?
pastries.
my favourites are the choc eclair and the baba au rhum.
but i never complain about meringues, macarons, religeuses either.
the croissants and pain au chocolats are sooooo gooood here.
most days we polish off a baguette.
we have a small but functional kitchen here and the spring produce is gorgeous, so we are making the most of the asparagus and berries.
yesterday we shared a pizza of incredibly thin crispness, topped with goats chevre, honey, rocket and
and balsamic vinegar.
it was sublime.
bandicoot: If you like the paintings of Gustave Moreau at the Musee d'Orsay, you would enjoy a visit to his home and studio in the 9th arrondissement. I spent a long afternoon there, completely absorbed. I especially loved being able to pull up a chair and browse through his drawings as if I were in the studio of a friend.
J'aime Monsieur Corot! Il est une artiste pour les artites. It est dans la Lourve.
Sounds yummy too!
*sigh*
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