I have been neglecting my writing as I pack up my office to move, and carry things downstairs. Sorting, throwing, making hard decisions; my least favorite work. It's come down to the following, besides the uninteresting manila folders full of papers—
being left behind:
- Desert Sage tea leaves
- Spring Cherry tea (one bag)
- wooden clocklet with dragonflies
- russet mugs
- atlas
- cherry gummies
- corn soup
- old typewriter
- blonde folding desk
- broken shell, from friends’ children
- bright Turkish cookbook card
- two played-out ficuses
- swan calendar
- United Nations flag
- Italian vase
- blue speckled mugs
- rooster (cockerel) mug
- some oregano in Royal Worcester porcelain
- New Mexico charm bracelet
- terra cotta face
- two torn batik patchwork jackets
- two cobalt blue glasses
- handmade wooden briefcase (graduation from highschool present)
- orchid
- Christmas cactus
- lots of Black Lab hair
- wedding video cassettes
- favorite 45s: Hard Candy Christmas, American Pie, The Show Must Go On, I’ll Be There, Oh, Babe, What Would You Say, #9 Dream, Gypsy, Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- two of my father’s 33 1/3s: Jose Melis Piano Moods, Down in the Valley
- pink sneakers (too small)
- worn-out mouse pads from the Museo Nazionale Romano (“Mosaico a soggetto nilotico”) and of ancient Athenian coins
- various quotes, including “wherever you go, go with all your heart” (Confucius) and “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” (e.e. cummings)
- a color drawing by the young son of friends (going to Angel Island)
- an unfinished double-crostic book of my parents’
- a par avion sticker
- kaleidoscope
- Cretan espresso demitasse
- geode
- keyhole photo
- “Vietato entrare” sign
- fine woven basket
- “Ecrire” sign
- sarcasm sign
- bear fetish
- lion box
- black sheep
- three glass marbles
- straw fish
- Oscar Wilde 1882 photo
- two fortunes: “You will travel many places”; “Your happiness is intertwined with your outlook on life”
- Canadian $5 note
- The Great Herbal two-volume set
- a calendar of the Zen Circles of Kazuaki Tanahashi (from whom I took a class once)
image: Matter of Taste
LOL!!!
ReplyDeletei see there is no danger of your becoming a minimalist!
That's for sure! Here's my definitive take on clutter: http://ourgreenscooter.blogspot.com/2009/09/clutter.html
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