I has cooled down here to something that could be considered pleasant.
What a relief.
We are sorting and tossing and straightening up around here today. It is astonishing to me how quickly stuff can pile up if you aren't looking for a few weeks.
I was going through a drawer with odds and ends of paper supplies and then another one with art supplies and realized it is really tough to let go of things that you have used half of, and think you MIGHT use in the future, but are not sure, and you end up keeping it. But at a certain point, the stuff starts to take over. At times I think the piles are trying to congeal into some critical mass blob that wants to crawl out of the ooze and walk upright. [Though that would only be a Golum, not a real man wouldn't it?]
I am also doing laundry and realized that there are some clothes that I should just throw out. They are not even fit to pass on to someone else. One day I need to really get ruthless. If that means I have to go get some new things to replace them, then that is what needs to be done. I think I am tired of wearing ratty clothes. It's noble to use it up, but it turns into something else when you have holes and bleach stains in and on clothes that you are wearing out in public.
See, one or two cool days that make me think fall is coming, and I start in with the "get ready for winter purge" syndrome.
I'm so predictable.
It's embarrassing.