i can't even imagine how difficult going through his papers would be. even 20+years later i can't even open my brother's notebooks without completely breaking down, and i haven't looked in my grandmother's cookbook since i inherited it because i will be inconsolable for days. you have the strength of mountains, lady!
Thanks, Hep. I actually think it's gotten more difficult over time, and maybe continues to get more difficult, though I hope not. It did leave me pretty down (VERY down). But yeah, I intellectually know that I want to donate most of his clothes to Walden House, but could I actually take them out of the closet? No... So confusing.
yeah it took us 5yr to even go into my brother's room and change anything, let alone go through and start dealing with his stuff. take your time. there is no hurry. clothes aren't like food, they don't rot.
I have a hard time expressing how much I'm enjoying your relationship with What Not To Wear--not so much because you need it as because it is great and uplifting, and they are hilarious, and it brings ME joy. So.
How is Miss Lucy doing as sole Queen of the Household?
I have a hard time expressing how much I'm enjoying your relationship with What Not To Wear
;-) Well, I'm glad it gives you joy. If only we could watch it together! If only I lived nearby and could bully you into new and different outfits from your closet!
How is Miss Lucy doing as sole Queen of the Household?
She is okay. It is just so very quiet here now, and that's hard on both of us. - and you know it has to be REALLY quiet for me to be complaining about it!
And I am always amazed by the amazing emotions that get summoned up by scraps of wood-pulp with ink or graphite smudges on them. Damn, paper is an emotional thing. Sometimes I wish I was a dancer or a singer instead of a scribbler, so I would leave fewer heaps of paper behind for folks to sort through in the future.
Sometimes I wish I was a dancer or a singer instead of a scribbler, so I would leave fewer heaps of paper behind for folks to sort through in the future.
I know what you mean. I think my main worry for myself as a hoarder of paper is that people will simply dump the whole lot in the trash - I guess that's why lots of artists designate an executor specifically for their art: so at least someone they trust will be making the judgment calls.
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I have a hard time expressing how much I'm enjoying your relationship with What Not To Wear--not so much because you need it as because it is great and uplifting, and they are hilarious, and it brings ME joy. So.
How is Miss Lucy doing as sole Queen of the Household?
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;-) Well, I'm glad it gives you joy. If only we could watch it together! If only I lived nearby and could bully you into new and different outfits from your closet!
How is Miss Lucy doing as sole Queen of the Household?
She is okay. It is just so very quiet here now, and that's hard on both of us. - and you know it has to be REALLY quiet for me to be complaining about it!
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And I am always amazed by the amazing emotions that get summoned up by scraps of wood-pulp with ink or graphite smudges on them. Damn, paper is an emotional thing. Sometimes I wish I was a dancer or a singer instead of a scribbler, so I would leave fewer heaps of paper behind for folks to sort through in the future.
But yes, it's a very charming castle drawing.
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I know what you mean. I think my main worry for myself as a hoarder of paper is that people will simply dump the whole lot in the trash - I guess that's why lots of artists designate an executor specifically for their art: so at least someone they trust will be making the judgment calls.
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