It has been almost 6 months since I posted on this blog. This interruption was due mostly to the fact that I was posting everything on Facebook instead. While I don't mind posting there the truth is the format is more suited to short bursts of fluff than anything substantial. In addition posts there tend to vanish into the background rather quickly, meaning I can never find anything I've posted there after a few days :-) I know those posts are still out there (but who knows where?) but when I post on my blog at least I know where the thing is going to be the next time I want to refer to it. But now on to the subject of this post. Some time ago I was interested in the concept of "Minimalism" in life. This is the idea that by reducing the number of our material possessions we could both reduce our impact on the planet, reducing our consumption of resources, and also improve our enjoyment of life by spending less time on cleaning, maintaining and just st...