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my children's favourite books and
toys saved for our infant
grandchildren. Do you get the
picture? We also have items
inherited from our parents, many of
them furniture or ornaments we
treasure. But some — for instance
that embroidered bedspread with the
tattered fringe, which may or may not
have been embroidered by my
mother, or the mended Irish linen
table cloth that takes forever to iron,
may simply be symbols of a bygone
day, a source of housewifely pride
that is no more. Mother might laugh
and say "I never really liked that
bedspread much anyway, but Great
Aunt Sarah gave it to me and I felt I
had to keep it!" Do I have to keep
everything that belonged to my
mother?
/must hasten to assure you that the
problem has not become so bad
that a casual visitor to our home
would be aware of it. Our living
areas are clear of debris and even the
main floor closets are reasonably
sedate. But please don't ask to visit
the back room in the basement, to
explore my sewing room or peer too
deeply into the garage or tool shed.
Like the squirrels, we are secret
hoarders, preferring to maintain a
veneer of normalcy.
In recent years the original
unwillingness to waste has been
transformed into an even stronger
reluctance to add to the destruction of
the environment. I muddle away over
what should go where in the reduce,
reuse and recycle game. Is there
anyone who needs or wants these
items I wish to discard? It grieves
me when I can find no possible
solution other than the garbage heap.
Sometimes items get stuffed back in
the basement, so unwilling am I to do
the deed. Add procrastination to my
list of sins.
Some people look at me with an
odd expression when I talk about
this. What are you — some kind of a
kook? Others nod their heads in
recognition of their own hoarding. So
has this rant convinced me to change
my ways?
Will I abolish my junk
depositories? Not likely. But I just
might go through that basement one
more time, after I finish my coffee
and watching my cousin the squirrel
that is.0
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