A stack of 11 large media-storage boxes sufficient to hold literally hundreds of CDs has gone off to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, where they were greeted with glad cries. That’s a relief — and another empty space in my basement.

My next task is fall and winter clothing to Goodwill. I’ll probably do that on Thursday.

On Sunday, I will leave Stratford with a car full of odds and ends for a visit with the kin-group in Ottawa. I turn 70 next week (as do you, Stilly), and The Brothers still like to make a fuss of birthdays. I have some family doohickeys and a box of CDs for Elder Bro.

There’s also a duvet filled with genuine goose down that’s far too warm for Stratford’s wussy winter; somebody in much chillier Ottawa will want it. Its absence will create useful space in the linen closet, and it can go packed in a large plastic trunk that’s been cluttering the box room for a while.