
Broken but not forgotten..
"I'm the dolly on the dustcart, I can see you're not impressed, I'm fixed above the driver's cab, With wire across me chest, The...

Are You Sitting on a Gold Mine?
Like so many of the people that I spend time with I have many of one item. And that's okay. When I pulled all my pens, pencils and...

In support of 'the Gomi Yashiki man'...some reflections on Hoarding and Squalor in Japan.
If you Google 'Hoarding Disorder and Japan', as I did when I needed to explain to a Japanese native what we do, you come up with articles...

Doing the Big Toy Clear Out?
More than 280 towns and suburbs have a Toy Library and they love donations. In fact they love them so much that they not only maintain...

Toy mountains, a sea of fluffy lovies and yet another card collection.
Are we helping our children to develop or build on hereditary addictions to stuff? In her online article ABC Radio Perth journalist...

Growing up in a busy world...
I found this image some time ago but never knew that it was the work of two courageous siblings, Geoff Johnson (who is a Photographer by...

Why sometimes we find it difficult to throw out useful stuff....
The other day, I was at a community centre doing some voluntary time there and I came across nearly a 100 brand new magazines most of...

Who wins? Do the Aussies or the Americans have more stuff?
According to American "professional organizer Regina Lark: The average U.S. household has 300,000 things, from paper clips to ironing...

My Dads Sheds...
I love my Dad. We've had a long journey together and a lot of the beginnings were not smooth sailing. But some where along the way I...