Yesterday saw another storage rack go to the street and amazingly it was picked up whilst we took a load to Salvation Army. I thought if it goes great; if not then contact the Tool Library and see if they needed another metal rack but all done - great day. The basement is finally at a point where I know I can move easily now to another house or perhaps a condo as what is left would easily be eliminated. A lot stays - the washer and dryer are just a couple of years old and they would stay. The freezer might stay as well if wanted as too big for a condo but could go to a new house with a basement. Everything else is just basic family stuff like skis, suitcases, items that I just haven't yet decided to take to Salvation Army as I still use them but could go as they are all in good shape. A big table which I would leave if the person wanted it. A good solid working table but much too large for me to use as a desk. The rest would just go.
The house seems so empty now and it is pretty basic. I like simple actually - easier to look after but yet the keepsakes are still there - the children's books just in case they want them. It has taken over three years to donate or put to the curb items that are still useful but I just do not need them. Just before COVID began Edward and I visited a retirement apartment building just to have a look as we both knew that the time was coming quickly but Edward was resistant to moving and I wondered what we would do with everything. Edward was downsizing and had actually donated quite a bit of material himself to various groups. I wonder now where it all was placed. Were there any empty walls or all covered by bookcases? It amazes me sometimes but the last fourteen years that I worked (and I went back to work outside of the home in 1994 as I mostly proofread and copyedited at home for over a decade) I really did just that - it was a long way across the city and I tended to be off by 6:30 to 6:45 to catch the bus and then not home much before 6:00 in the evening (off to bed at 9:00 and the day was done!). It was really all that I did as my health will just let me do so much. Now with my cataracts removed my eyesight is clear as I look at birds at the feeder without my glasses - still amazes me along with my shrunk back yard. Strabismus is certainly an interesting condition and now that it is gone my eyes are like most other people's eyes having depth of vision. The world does look different but also the same just has more angles!
Today will be a full exercise day as the cleaning is all accomplished. I will also try to put in a couple of hours on the computer over the day's span. Looking forward to my new glasses as these are just a little too strong (my distance glasses).
I have a couple of piles that I need to review and place into their appropriate location in the now rearranged areas. I need a collection area for journals that I will send to the OGS/BIFHSGO Library that I receive. I also want to work on my DNA collection of matches. Back at the beginning I had a binder but pretty much all digital now. I need to review that material and shred it. Then no more piles on my desk. I like it to be pretty much clear of material - mostly my computer and whatever I am working on if needed. Primarily my work is all electronic.
The new You-Tube channel for Ed Kipp's Talks is now prepared and will open it up soon. I think there are perhaps ten or twelve talks that I filmed whilst he delivered them. So it will be the sound on YouTube but also I did image the slides but the slides will be available by hypertext link as they did not reproduce as well as the sound. It is fascinating and quite lovely listening to Edward speak once again. He had a marvelous speaking voice and loved his subjects whether they were science or history. He could easily have done a PhD in history but he thought his greatest love was science in those youthful days. But his love for history was hiding in his search for information on his Kipp family which was just beginning when I first knew him. Once we had a car (about eight months after we married) the history part had a chance to flourish as you need to be able to go to the sites to really appreciate history.
Breakfast beckons and I am hungry as usual. First exercises of the day completed and I am back to touching my toes twenty times as I was not supposed to do that right after the cataract surgery. It is nice to be back to full exercising once again. I will also complete the Blake Newsletter today and post it. Perhaps I will get started on the Kipp Newsletter due on the 1st of August.
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