The older I get, the less stuff I want hanging around. Things that I’ve acquired over the years, things I had to have, now have diminished importance and some of it is just plain clutter. My friend Ernest says that the six matching napkin rings you buy as a 20-year-old for that dinner party you think you’ll have someday? You never have it, and the rings just sit in a drawer someplace until you get rid of them. Why was I thinking this way? I was preparing for our town-wide series of yard sales and I was putting up lots of past treasures for sale once again. But this? How could I part with this? (Actually, I did part with it recently. I gave it to my friend Georgia when she moved to Massachusetts from her longtime Baltimore home. Welcome, Georgia.)
Yes, give things to friends who will appreciate them. As for the Fiesta napkin rings, I still have them. Just in case ... 'cause you never know.
ReplyDelete