“The key to life was rearranging the furniture.” Robert Ferro
Just One Shelf O, the cataclysm of a single manoeuvre, moving the contents of just one shelf results in the moving of the contents of cupboards, shelves, and boxes in a byzantine operation of the likes no one has ever seen, nor fathomed before. One shelf and a vacuum cleaner, multiple piles to be sorted, one for the bin, one for the op-shop, one for a friend, one undecided, though I know we'll chuck it all out one day, but please, not today, I'll savour that grief to come. And suddenly it is done, until the next shuffle; who knew, that it takes a house to rearrange just one shelf. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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One thing leads to another.
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And how 🙂
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So true!!
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You know this Ruth 🙂
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Minimalism ~ can relate ~ great poem.
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Yes, so much stuff accumulates while you’re not looking 🙂 Thank you
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So true. I cleaned a large closet full to overflowing. It took days to sort, pitch, rearrange and find new homes for many items. Now, if I can only remember where I put things (lol!).
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O that too, the missing things, or the one’s I threw out that now I need, doh!
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True.
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You know it
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Oh my goodness, I love this not just for the metaphor, but just as much for the daily reality of it. The story of my life rearranging at home and especially in a primary classroom for dozens of years!
Cheers,
Julie
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Ah Julie you know this well, and the sheer daunting nature of it too, the stuff just accumulates 🙂
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I have four closets needing sorting through. Maybe next week.
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Ha – I wish you luck Patricia – it needs courage
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you very much Chuck, much appreciated
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Have a great day!
😊👍✨✨🎉
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Dont remind me on this. 😉 xx Michael
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Ha, lol 😉
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Yes, these things start small, then they snowball into other things.😊
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O they certainly do 🙂
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I think I’ll leave my shelves just the way they are, after all.
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Yes, it will take light years to conclude once you start 😉
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And then there are the drawers. And boxes. And cupboards. And closets.
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don’t forget the garage and the shed.
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The sound you hear is me running screaming from the house and away from the garage and the shed.
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I am running too ….
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Ha ha!
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