Writing Prompt #56

I Upsized in Space and Downsized in Stuff

In retirement, I bought a house, not a storage container.

Jane Trombley
Crow’s Feet
Published in
4 min readApr 30, 2024

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Doorway of brick home with planter on left
Photo credit: Author

In 2017, at age 68, I sold an 800-square-foot apartment and bought a 3,000-square-foot, 19th-century townhouse. I’m a single-person household. Was I crazy? Maybe. Was it counterintuitive? Perhaps.

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Jane Trombley
Crow’s Feet

A pan-curious essayist working out what to do with "my one wild and precious life." Nicheless by design. janetrombley@gmail.com"