i am having to move with a month's notice. not sure where to, but will just rent a room from someone and retire in about a year. move will be simple as i have been living in tiny cabin..came with a bed. i have an ironing board, folding table, office chair, some bins, some bags. Will pack up my tsunami food and give to food bank. Likewise cleaning products and hair etc. to a place where they feed people..they can pass them out. Took bag of shoes, some of which I really liked, to thrift shop. I own almost no books, some cds that i really don't listen to and will sort through..."spare clothing" for funerals, weddings, visits with the pope I'll keep. Some bedding. Will be getting rid of big exercise machine and medium refrigerator, latter to St. Vincent perhaps. I am sorting through old batteries, flashlights, electrical cords...transformers...actually you can sell those on ebay but i will probably donate to thrift store. i figure i am behind on charity so i should just donate stuff directly.

Anyway, a testimonial to moving towards nonclutter and minimalism. They say people clutter for different reasons..some like new shiny things, some sentimental things, some can't resist free stuff..mine is catastrophic..the civil war might return and i will need those old sheets for bandages and i will need an extensive set of tools to build shelters etc...but it is going nevertheless. I have decided when I retire, most likely ina year, I will go on a pilgrimage...probably start in Ireland, go to part of the Campostella and end up on the Mary Magdalene route in France. I would love to be a donkey pilgrim but have no donkey. I think there is a donkey pilgramage to Greece...