Opinion

A couple of years back, a book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up became quite a sensation amongst people with too much stuff, which is most of us.

It was traumatic, but it had to be done. I moved to a seniors' complex and had to cut ties with my old “land phone.” I must console myself with the little cell phone hiding in my purse. What if I lose it? And that will happen. I lose everything else.

Hate to remind you, but Christmas is coming! Kids and parents will be visiting. Next problem: what to do with those kids.

Picture yourself shopping. You drive to the store, and park about a kilometre from the door. When you finally get to the door, you are stopped and asked for your membership.

A growing number of Canadian parents are offering their adult children cash to leave home and move into a place of their own, and that has been one factor in a surging percentage of people living alone, especially among those age 55 and older.

Candidates for the leadership of the new United Conservative Party always leave out one important thing when they talk. Would-be leaders of any other party would not talk about that thing either.

Candidates for the leadership of the new United Conservative Party always leave out one important thing when they talk. Would-be leaders of any other party would not talk about that thing either.

Picture yourself shopping. You drive to the store, and park about a kilometre from the door. When you finally get to the door, you are stopped and asked for your membership.

A growing number of Canadian parents are offering their adult children cash to leave home and move into a place of their own, and that has been one factor in a surging percentage of people living alone, especially among those age 55 and older.

A few years ago, there was a popular book called “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff … And It's All Small Stuff”, by Richard Carlson. Like most books in the self-help genre, it was enormously popular, now mostly forgotten.