Articles Written by Jill Butler From Isnare.com http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Jill+Butler The Issue is Storage, or is It? What to do With All That Stuff Self Help Jill Butler Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=309271&ca=Self+Help Lurking in the closets are things to try on to see if they still fit. I hate trying on my old favorites because I'm afraid. My body has shifted, shape-shifted. How dare it. Gratefully, some things still work. Pants I wore this weekend I've had for 25 years. I love these white pants. I loved them fro... The Carrot For Completing the Old..... Is the New! Self Help Jill Butler Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=306960&ca=Self+Help I have what I think of as great start-up energy, many of us do. I love starting a new project and, but, I won't let myself start something new until the old gets completed. The carrot for completion is the new project. I love the new idea, the new beginning, and all the possibilities. This is the pa... I Know Writing, Drawing, Designing....I Don't Know Grieving Self Help Jill Butler Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=305724&ca=Self+Help Grieving is what has arrived. My brother, York, died recently... way too recently, and here I am on this porch in this cottage surrounded by this healing nest. I know writing, drawing, laughing out loud. Grieving, I don’t know. Is there a path to grieving? A path I failed to include in the paths aro... Falling in Love With Our Homes Home Management Jill Butler Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=305493&ca=Home+Management Falling in love is about committing... to someone or something. In this case, it's about being engaged with our homes, getting to know them, and getting to know ourselves through them. It's a relationship like with a partner, man or woman. We get to know ourselves through the getting to know them... I Am Not My "To-Do" List - Or Am I? Self Help Jill Butler Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=305496&ca=Self+Help I fear for my life when the to do lists take over. Notice plural. I can't live without them and I can barely live with them. Of course, there's more than one. They grow, they multiply, they spawn themselves into more. I write my lists to capture all the stuff of life. I write lists of ideas that ten...