We've all been there: You go to pull out a necklace that you haven't worn in quite some time, only to find it's become enmeshed with other necklaces in your jewelry box or tangled up around itself.

Being Barley MacTavish is interesting. As many people know, that is a fictitious name, as I prefer to work anonymously. I actually have a more run-of-the-mill name. Since 1988, the Barley MacTavish ...

How endlessly frustrating is it to unpack on vacation and find your necklaces masquerading in a tight, tangled mass? Or to clean out your purse (like, the one time a year you actually do that) and ...