As I continue to gather items for my yard sale (one of 50+ that will take place in an annual town-wide event today, May 5), I am amazed at how things I once held sacrosanct I now consider disposable. My friends who’ve seen the sale-related Facebook postings of my green Depression glass have commented. One says he’s glad he never got bit by that Depression glass bug. Another questions my sanity in choosing to sell these treasures. I wonder myself what has changed. Is it that as I get older I no longer need to acquire? That now I need to divest? Maybe. These two old oil paintings, the only items I wanted from my paternal grandmother’s home when she died, have been in my attic for years. Do I really need to hold onto them any longer? Why?
every garage sale i passed today brought thoughts of the great energy you be giving and receiving through sharing your storied treasures with others!
ReplyDeleteI hope the Cinco de Mayo yahd sale did not go too swimmingly, and that I will be able to see these paintings of my childhood home in person once more.
ReplyDeletewow...just reread my comment...'will' was glaringly omitted...where was my proofreader?
ReplyDelete"I wonder myself what has changed?" you ask. Your perspective on life has changed. Call it "wisdom" or "maturity" or just "being sensible." Whatever. Younger people acquire things as part of acquiring their identity as adults. We all know how it is -- we see some quirky napkin rings at a flea market and think: "These would be great conversation pieces at a festive dinner some time in the future." And we visualize the festive dinner with all the trimmings occurring at "some time in the future" in our minds. But at some point in our lives, we realize the absurdity and futility of fantasizing about "some time in the future." We look at the napkin rings we snapped up so many years earlier and remember our hopes for them. Well, perhaps there was a festive dinner at which they were indeed a conversation piece. But more often, we realize that we have reached "the future" and that we have changed our minds about place settings. In either case, the novelty napkin rings go on sale at our own yard sale -- and go to some younger person who visualizes a festive dinner where they would be just the perfect conversation piece at "some time in the future."
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