A historical record of one man's aspirations, struggles, and experiments in living artfully and otherwise. Oh yeah, and the search for some decent coffee.
5/16/09
Where to start?
OK. Make a list.
First on the list? Cleanup.
When I bought this place, I dumped the accumulation of decades of stuff into it. This week I'm going through everything I own and toss.
Hi LFB. I just discovered this blog. Great. I've wrestled with the pack rat habit for decades. Between the extremes of true packratism and zen-like bare house, I wander. Wife leans toward the latter, as it's mostly MY stuff, but every time I throw something away, I suffer a kind of post-partwiththem depression. I'm reading some Wallace Stegner that helps; I'll recommend when I can remember the title. Carry on, Joe
Looks like my desk. Clever idea for a blog! Like it. My only advice is to pretend you can only have two large suitcases of stuff with you at any time.
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ReplyDeleteHi LFB. I just discovered this blog. Great. I've wrestled with the pack rat habit for decades. Between the extremes of true packratism and zen-like bare house, I wander. Wife leans toward the latter, as it's mostly MY stuff, but every time I throw something away, I suffer a kind of post-partwiththem depression. I'm reading some Wallace Stegner that helps; I'll recommend when I can remember the title. Carry on, Joe
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