Between all the teenage angst, tears, sweat and underwear, and my various endeavors with "Fully Clothed Women" , "Crashingly Beautiful" and the latest album I havent ruined yet "This is my Favorite Song", and the many silly things which have been the focus of my attention lately, I may not have mentioned that I have my own place again, having been on the road, renting rooms the last 21 months.
All my possesions and mineral resources have been in storage all this time.
I'm doing some unpacking and have reached a severe impasse.
The plan was to get rid of any book I would never read again. I can't do it. I've never been able to "let go".
I need a new plan, one that is possible.
And all these out-of-focus sunspot old and mildewed pictures.
What do you do with those? If you say "throw them away", then I don't think there is anything else I care to hear you talk about.
So, there.
All my possesions and mineral resources have been in storage all this time.
I'm doing some unpacking and have reached a severe impasse.
The plan was to get rid of any book I would never read again. I can't do it. I've never been able to "let go".
I need a new plan, one that is possible.
And all these out-of-focus sunspot old and mildewed pictures.
What do you do with those? If you say "throw them away", then I don't think there is anything else I care to hear you talk about.
So, there.
Having said that I will list some of the books that can be scavenged from my front porch.
No Charge.
"Love in the Time of Cholera" ( sorry Oprah, never got past page 100. I really did try)
No Charge.
"Love in the Time of Cholera" ( sorry Oprah, never got past page 100. I really did try)
"Ordeal By Sea:The tragedy of the USS Indianapolis"
"The Great Gatsby"... I just opened it and found I have passages highlighted, and so I will have to keep this one. No, lets not.
"The Stand"(its a paperback, and the print is finer than a silver needle. And the story sucks)
"Dr. Wayne Dyer: Pulling Your Own Strings" (He lost all his credo to me when he came out on PBS in a Dojo and sandals, and talked about selling all his worldly possessions and moving to a small island in the Pacific. Maui, to be exact. How spare could it be?"
"Dylan: An intimate Biography" Really?
"The Friars Club Encyclopedia of Jokes" (Teaser: "I dont believe in superstition. It brings bad luck." Gone, gone, gone.)
"Life of Pi" (The movie sucked too)
"Message in a Bottle" ( Oh, God, I remember the night I picked this one up at the Tom Thumb, 3 am, raining and freezing. It was a lousy year)
"Parenting Teens With Love and Logic" (still in wrapper)
What did I keep?
"The Number of the Beast", "The Way of the Sufi", "The Fellowship of the Ring", "Waiting for Godot", "The Sun Also Rises", Asimov's "Foundation", The Fountainhead", Lonesome Dove" and one well worn Larrouse Gastronomique.
We have a few boxes to go.
And for any of you who may have stuck with this post this far, please give me and my Higher Power a thought as I will be sharing my story at the Valley of Hope in Grapevine tomorrow morning.
Thank you.
Thank you.
2 comments:
OK boys and girls...I embedded links to 3 of my albums I keep on FB. You dont have to have a FB account to view, just click on the link, and it will take you to the album, then you can click on individual images to see what fun I have there sometimes.
I'm not sure how many albums I have now. Its a lot of pictures and quotes.
I am silly sentimental about my books. To let go of them, I have to make sure they are going to "a good home" where someone will love and appreciate them. This translates into waaaay overstuffed bookshelves. I applaud your efforts to selectively keep only the books that have special meaning to you!
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