It's a revelation, crawling around like that. To see how your furniture is built, if nothing else!

I've gotten rid of some old cardboard and postal envelopes and old non-music stuff that was in files of my Dad's, compressing two boxes of files into one. His stuff was in drawers and boxes when I found it, and when I moved it I put it in boxes that were available. I'm still not organizing by subject matter, just by size (letter or legal, etc.) but at least it is neater. The result is a free shelf in my office.

It's a sad day to be looking this over, because one of the people who was most interested in these files has died, John Ross. Now one wonders what will become of his files? Hopefully he had the foresight to park his documents at the folklore society where they are accessible to all interested parties.

I'll go compress some more boxes. You know those software boxes that if you keep them you end up getting a rebate for some odd little flap or decal they want you to trim off and send with the new receipt? I have quite a few. I think I'll dump the stuff in the boxes I never use and find a place to stash them. I don't use the CD stomper thing, for example, that came with Nero 6. I don't bother to design labels, I write on them with a sharpie. I don't generally read the books, there is a ReadMe file in the program. Why am I keeping all of this STUFF? :)

It's a rainy afternoon, no gardening, but maybe when I finish in here I'll repot a few of my African violets. They're in pretty desperate shape. I could even put a couple in this room, in bright indirect light. They might start looking a little better.

SRS