Two garbage bags of shredded paper

That's all I've gotten rid of since my last post.

Ugh. I have been in a real slump of late. Not in most areas of my life, but in the endeavor underway here—the letting go of stuff.

After I dealt with this year’s taxes (at the last minute), I purged my files of unneeded financial documents, going back over ten years.

Some of the files, with a noir vibe.

Then I found a few other files that could go also, and I was very pleased to put out two large bags of shredded material (like the one below) on the next trash/recycling pick-up day.

Years of financial info that obviously means nothing in the scheme of life.

And then I went to Maine to a writing workshop and visited with friends and came home and saw my mom and spent days outside in my community garden plots when the sun was out. Spring was truly here, and I simply had to get various plants and seeds in the ground NOW. And I’ve interviewed for a couple of teaching positions—nothing definitive to report at the moment, but I will let you know when I have some news.

Where I flee to stay sane during insane times.

We are in the midst of a few rainy days, and I have chosen to finally file this update, rather than do some spring cleaning or actually go back into a basement to see what I can uproot and dispense with. Hoping the mere act of typing these few paragraphs and including photos will dislodge me and get me back to processing the stuff and posting here!