I guess it was on Sunday that I dumped the latest batch of clutter
into the Ottoman--before the 5 to 7 gather from 5 to 10. So when my
sleeping/dreaming log went missing, I had an idea of where it was. Sure
enough!
So...here we go, one paper at a time:
10:10 AM.I put the letter I began with the
AFT 2121 guidelines on Restorative Status on July 16 in the courthouse. I
know I could use the back, but I fear its coming back, so I put it into the
recycling bin. (I've already finished the letter and sent it online.)
10:12 AM I don't really need the
recipe for Harissa and couscous, but I'll keep it. I put it in a sheet
protector and put it on the threshold.
10:15, I will throw away the methods
for Malian cooking and the recipes for Fried Bean Balls (Akara) and Stew with
dates and couscous de Timbuktu, Lemongrass Tea and Sweet Millet Fritters
(Maasa).
10:16 I'll throw away the article
"Malian government eyes compromise in peace talks (being held in Algeria)
But I do notice that my table cloth on Sunday had the colors of the
Malian flag--plus.
I'll throw away the recipe for Tigua Dege
Na (Vegetarian Stew in Peanut Sauce.) and Okra Bean Soup. as well as
black-eye peas from Mali (Mo Dunguri)
10:19 I'll keep the French words to Beethoven's
Ode to Joy, "Hymn a l'universelle humanité" along with "L'étude santé du jour: Les gens préfèrent
souffrir que
s'ennuyer."
Cute picture of Annie and me before the
wedding of Francoise and Barry. I've got to start putting my photos into
decades and years, but a this time I'll just move it to my bedroom, where all
the boxes are stacked.
10:24 AM My Fireman's Insurance
policy suggests I make the payment to avoid expiration. I know I should
arrange automatic payments, but not today. Whoops! The expiration
date was July 11! I put on a Black Heritage stamp of John J. Johnson and
will mail it when I got out to get more milk. (Clover--perhaps minimal
torture of cows)
10:31 AM the bell alerting me to the dryer
rings. Down to the basement. Fold clothes.
10:39 AM I open my Delta Dental
statement dated July 3 and see that the $216.00 is paid by Delta Dental--except
that it isn't! Well, at the time I went in, was it? I look it up:
June 26. I throw away the statement. They know where to find
me.
10:43 Merrill Edge
pamphlet--recycling
10:45 Picture of me at Cafe Gratitude.
Glasses didn't become dark outside, providing a mask. Into my
bedroom,
10:46 Statement for Merrill Edge.
I go to my Financial file and type it in. Stocks are up.
10:52 AM The songs Annie and I
wrote for the wedding--her instigation, not mine because I am aware to some
extent of how much I annoy people. Put them on the printer to use the
other side.
10:54 Am I notice that it's very hot
and muggy--not the kind of weather SF is known for.
10:55 Statement from the SFBAECU I
go back to the financial file. You make a note to ask your financial adviser
instead of doing it on the spot and interfering with clutter relief work.
10:58 Am Directions to the Larkspur Cinema
where you and your French friend had planned to see Cyclist with Moliere.
You know you have to interrupt logging clutter to put that on your list.
11:00 AM The directions go into the recycling bin.
11:01 AM "Back rent sought from
owners of evicted cafe (about Bean Scene at CCSF) You tape and hole punch
to get it ready for binder.
11:03 You have something from Dignity
Health to a tenant who moved out three years ago. You wonder just when.
You finally find that he moved out September 2012, but it seems a lot
longer ago than that! You've put his forwarding address on the envelope.
11;10 Something you printed out on
El Gaucho Martin Fierro for Argentina and the World Cup menu: dulce
de membrillo (quince paste) on manchego cheese.
11:12 California Academy of Sciences
card--you have a collection of cards that goes back to Tower Records days!
You add it to the collection
11:13 AM Recipe for German -Style
Pasta which you'll make with very old red cabbage tonight! You put it in
your recipe drawer
Leah Garchik on Jul 4 and Ruth Bader
Ginsburg's dissent to that week's Supreme Court ruling allowing employers to
limit worker health benefits according to personal religious beliefs. Who
else dissented? You look it up. I see that Kagan and Sotomayer and
one man--but who?--voted against Hobby Lobby.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
11:23Your cousin's Pro-Israeli--anti-divestment by Presbyterians Facebook screed
A picture of a group of friends invited to
the Olympic club by your host of View and Chew--printed out when one of the
colors had "expired." To the bedroom
April article on "Jar of French fresh
air selling for $860 at auction in China
11:29 Am The obituary from June 9,
2014 on Karen DeCrow president of NOW in the 1970s, when Ms came into
being--with 8 references to her as "Mrs. De Crow. (You wrote Leah
Garchik about that and got an interested response.
11:31 AM A mailing for The Taming of
the Shrew" Free Shakespeare in the park
You're too exhausted to go on!
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