As a companion to yesterday's blog about waste, today I thought I'd mention it's kissing cousin — accumulation.

I have too much stuff. Seriously, I have clothes I've owned for more than 20 years. I tend to use things until they have no use left in them. (I finally this spring got rid of a purse whose handles had fallen off. Perhaps I was hoping that the purse was a starfish in a past life and that the handle would grow back.) But, at the same time, I like some novelty.

But if you are going to add new, you need to subtract something or else you'll get inundated with STUFF. I'm working on it. I've started collecting clothes and other goods to donate. I've already donated several large bags of books to the Friends of the Library book sale. But there is much more to do.

Perhaps August will give me an opportunity to delete the stuff that clutters my life.