ALEXANDRA STODDARD

Started reading Stoddard’s book, “Time Alive”, from yesterday’s Theta luncheon and have to report this: Stoddard says she has shunned technology in her Connecticut cottage. They store tea in the microwave, shut off the icemaker and dishwasher to prevent frozen pipe dilemmas, wash and dry dishes by hand, use ice trays for cubes, no washer/dryer, no email or computers, no air conditioning, no cars. In other words, pure living that is incredibly liberating and actually gives her MORE time. This reminded me of my recent interview with “>Philippe Starcke when he told me that he has no electricity or even running water in some of his homes. It is, he said, “liberating”. Here we work like mad to collect our Viking gas stoves (way more labor intensive), our two dishwashers and temp controlled wine cellar only to find our schedules crammed with repairmen! I think these people are onto something!