Most people own too many things — most people also know that they have too much and would love to get rid of some of their possessions. It can, however, be incredibly difficult to know how to go about ...

There was a can of pineapple rings in the cupboard that looked down at me every time I opened the door. I’d bought it months ago, to make an old-school pineapple upside-down cake like my mom’s. It was ...