A journey into cleaning up a big pile of..... hoard
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Real-Life Horror Story
by Janet S. Tiger
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tigerteam1@gmail.com
Scary. Very scary. No, not a movie where all the actors have to saw off their body parts. In case anyone doesn't know, all those movies are......movies. Not real. I was never a fan of horror movies - not because I was afraid, they usually bored me. Predictable. Sometimes disgusting. But always, just movies.
The real life stuff was always more frightening. Fires. Floods. Real murderers. And now, all I have to do to shudder is.....look at my old clutter photos. How scary am I! To take pictures of things before I discard them! And the things I am photographing! Old - empty - spice containers. (Did I mention....empty? For months?)
Wet and mildewed papers......plastic bags......clothing.....out-of-style, ripped, torn, stained, no longer fits ...clothing. I am shocked that ....even writing this.....it does not make the discarding any easier.
So, I soldier on, one foot in front of the other. The next box, the next pile. I have great sympathy for those who do this professionally....maybe the next blockbuster for these times will be Clutterbusters.....nah, too scary.
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Scary. Very scary. No, not a movie where all the actors have to saw off their body parts. In case anyone doesn't know, all those movies are......movies. Not real. I was never a fan of horror movies - not because I was afraid, they usually bored me. Predictable. Sometimes disgusting. But always, just movies.
The real life stuff was always more frightening. Fires. Floods. Real murderers. And now, all I have to do to shudder is.....look at my old clutter photos. How scary am I! To take pictures of things before I discard them! And the things I am photographing! Old - empty - spice containers. (Did I mention....empty? For months?)
Wet and mildewed papers......plastic bags......clothing.....out-of-style, ripped, torn, stained, no longer fits ...clothing. I am shocked that ....even writing this.....it does not make the discarding any easier.
So, I soldier on, one foot in front of the other. The next box, the next pile. I have great sympathy for those who do this professionally....maybe the next blockbuster for these times will be Clutterbusters.....nah, too scary.
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
You're gettin' there Woman. I think the photos are helping.
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