I kept a number of interesting antique armchairs from my great aunt's house in Connecticut, but when I realized just how much it was going to cost to reupholster them I donated a couple of them to Goodwill. A project for someone teaching themselves the skill. I kept the comfortable Mission oak rocker, and one in the guest room, and in the den I have a modern rocker with rocking footstool from my Dad's house. And Dad's old lounger. Set those up with a lamp and they are perfect reading chairs.

Sorting through stuff to test and donate or toss in the e-waste bag today. And starting an experiment with old seed packets. Everyone around here who comes across of cache of seeds thinks of me and in the last year I've received three separate bundles of old old packets. They're almost museum pieces at this point, but I'm first testing a packet of catnip from 1980. Some of them were sprinkled into a pot of moist soil in the sunroom and we'll see. It will probably add up to a blog post, and is not scientific, simply based upon curiosity.

More sorting through the excess paper (cards, stationary, envelopes) in a small faux-Chippendale desk is going to add up to more materials for the art teachers project here in town. This is a warm weather sorting project for days when indoor work is best (I'm surprised we aren't well into the 100s yet this time of month, it has been rainy and in the 90s, with nighttime lows in the mid-70s.)

Charmion, I thought you were hoping to find buyers further along in listing their own house? What made these folks seem the best candidates to do this prolonged dance with?

Keb, will a loveseat fit in the apartment?

Dorothy, how is it going with the phone, the hearing aids, the computer, and the houses? Have you started plates for your son?