I have several freecyclers stopping by today to pick up various things that I have found around my apartment and no longer have any use for, like VHS tapes and 35 mm film. It is a wonderful feeling to know that they will go to someone who can use them and an even more wonderful feeling to know that, however small their size or slight their weight, I will not have to see, pack, carry or ship them ever again. Similarly, I've been giving out a few things around the office, so far mostly Kinder Surprise toys accumulated from my previous travels. There is general agreement among my co-workers that the Kinder Surprise engineers are geniuses of their trade. If you don't believe me, you design a super-hero-chasing-a-super-villain-over-NYC toy that will disassemble and fit into a plastic egg about 1 1/2 inches long. Two other things that will be leaving my apartment today are a library book - Bill Bryson's Notes From a Small Island , which I enjoyed, but don't think is his b...
2021 and I'm still trying to remember which box I packed my sense of adventure in. Weaving and baking and walking the dogs until I can find it.