My wife and I are packrats.
\nThis fact was clarified today
\nwhen we erected a huge new
\nBilly shelf structure from Ikea
\npromptly filled it with
\nitems from hither and thither
\nand it seemed to make no difference
\nto what was lying around.<\/p>\n
I read once about
\ntwo brothers who lived
\nin a house full of
\npiles of newspapers
\nand inhabited the paths
\nbetween the piles.<\/p>\n
I have a feeling that
\nin a few years, when
\nshe and I are too old
\nto lift a finger to tidy
\nor erect a new
\nBilly shelf structure
\nwe will be wandering
\namong the newspapers
\nlike two lost old things<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My wife and I are packrats. This fact was clarified today when we erected a huge new Billy shelf structure from Ikea promptly filled it with items from hither and thither and it seemed to make no difference to what … Continue reading