Baby Boom is another of my all-time favorites!!! (One of our Vermont friends is actually an extra in the barn dance scene). Since moving here, I have at times thought about the scene where Diane Keaton goes off on the well guy--I frankly have felt like her at times trying to get people here to get things done!

GP, I love the idea of Essentialism--I am also making a concerted effort to pare away the "non-essentials" in my life--from the material standpoint and also from the standpoint of cutting back on activities. It's almost a spiritual practice these days for me. I'm trying to stand in a vacuum and "be me" as much as I can, trying to assess the things I do because I a) want to please others, and b) have a belief from way back that I "should" continue to do something--like hobbies I've outgrown. If I create an image of this vacuum around me, I can perhaps be patient and just wait for my "callings" to appear. Hope that's not too "woo-woo" but I really need to clean out the closet of my mind, frankly.