William Urban: Surprises in the basement
By William Urban
When we moved to our new home four years ago we were unable to downsize properly before packing up. Instead, we did what almost everyone does we carefully packed up essential clothing, books, computers, photo albums, and such, so as to have them ready once the furniture was in the new house, then threw everything else into boxes which went into the basement of the new place.
That worked OK for a while, but, as happens when one originally has two workshops, multiple bedrooms, and acquisitions from parents and grandparents we had two or three of everything; then, as we gave up looking for whatever we wanted, we replaced it. As for framed photos, quilts, and heirlooms of no monetary value but too filled with memories to throw away, they went into boxes.