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 4 years ago  

Too late!!! But perhaps historical societies would be interested in the several boxes of photos from early 1900's that I also have, and can't begin to cull. If I had given those to my "kids", they would have all been thrown away. It's a good thing my kids don't know I have them. I feel more drawn to those photos than to the photos of my own family, and they are photos of people I only heard about, but never met.

All my dad's slides went into the trash because nobody cared about my childhood in pictures and I was too far away to save them.
He had lots of scenic shots taken on vacations to the mountains.

C'est la Vie.
Those folks will get what they have coming.

 4 years ago  

How distressing! You have none?
There are days that I think holding on to photos is keeping me in the past though, and that I would be better off keeping only a very few.

I'm a pack rat, I throw nothing away that isn't very definitely trash.
I plan to leave a pile for some lucky scavenger.

I would have given them to the local museum, if nothing else, but that isn't how it went down.
I've got some, or at least, I left some in a barn in Kansas I need to go visit.

 4 years ago  

My hubby was one of those, and his father before him. Good thing I'm not. Good thing they are both gone and can't stop me too! I love having much less.

I know, right?
I've lived out of a duffle bag for years now, and still have more crap than I can carry.

So how far is the move?

 4 years ago  

I don't know where I'm going yet!!! lol. For real. I'm looking to rent, even though I own, or part own, places in three other towns. All are in NYS, where I don't feel safe right now. Land owner without a home... haha. I can get rid of stuff I don't use, but I can't get rid of places I don't use.