I love this blog and it's been very fun to write the past few years. I don't think I'll ever give it up, but I guess the posts have become rather infrequent. I know, you're all sitting at home just waiting for more MTSS, so I apologize.
In all honestly, I don't shop like I used to. Like a koi, I have reached the size of my pond. Perhaps in the future, when I find myself in a larger place, thrift shopping will return to the manic fervor of years past. For now, our small place, which I really enjoy, is packed to the gills. I'll still shop, but as I've mentioned before, I've become infinitely more choosy.
The big thrift shopping news in Terre Haute is that Goodwill is opening a second store. Just down the street from it's current store. Not sure about the logic on this, but those are the facts. Stopping this week at the current store, several things were obvious.
1. Someone who collected bird objets had died.
2. Someone who collected Asianalia* had also died.
Question: was it the same person? I'm not sure, but it always saddens me to see an entire collection dumped at the thrift store. Someones life work, their passion and pleasure, dumped in a box. I know, their heirs couldn't keep everything, so I'm assuming (hoping) they kept the best of both and what was at Goodwill was just detritus.
This is all to say, I've begun plans for my mausoleum. Like the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt and many other cultures, I intend to take it with me. All of it. I'm picturing a modest construction in limestone, my glass-topped casket and carefully preserved corpse in center, with glass covered shelves lining the walls. Everything will be organized and displayed in small vignettes. My estate will provide for perpetual care and the salary of one registrar who will maintain the collections in perpetuity.
That said, I made one small purchase at the Goodwill that straddled both of the collections (birds + Asianalia, to circle back to the middle), leading me to believe they belonged to the same person: two small plastic bird figurines that were made in Hong Kong. They look fantastic on the Quan Yin altar and make me think of spring during this very bleak season.
Happy thrifting.
*Asianalia: items from Asia that make up a collection. E.g., "Like many late 19th-century artists, Whistler was a great collector of Asianalia."
In all honestly, I don't shop like I used to. Like a koi, I have reached the size of my pond. Perhaps in the future, when I find myself in a larger place, thrift shopping will return to the manic fervor of years past. For now, our small place, which I really enjoy, is packed to the gills. I'll still shop, but as I've mentioned before, I've become infinitely more choosy.
The big thrift shopping news in Terre Haute is that Goodwill is opening a second store. Just down the street from it's current store. Not sure about the logic on this, but those are the facts. Stopping this week at the current store, several things were obvious.
1. Someone who collected bird objets had died.
2. Someone who collected Asianalia* had also died.
Question: was it the same person? I'm not sure, but it always saddens me to see an entire collection dumped at the thrift store. Someones life work, their passion and pleasure, dumped in a box. I know, their heirs couldn't keep everything, so I'm assuming (hoping) they kept the best of both and what was at Goodwill was just detritus.
This is all to say, I've begun plans for my mausoleum. Like the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt and many other cultures, I intend to take it with me. All of it. I'm picturing a modest construction in limestone, my glass-topped casket and carefully preserved corpse in center, with glass covered shelves lining the walls. Everything will be organized and displayed in small vignettes. My estate will provide for perpetual care and the salary of one registrar who will maintain the collections in perpetuity.
That said, I made one small purchase at the Goodwill that straddled both of the collections (birds + Asianalia, to circle back to the middle), leading me to believe they belonged to the same person: two small plastic bird figurines that were made in Hong Kong. They look fantastic on the Quan Yin altar and make me think of spring during this very bleak season.
Happy thrifting.
*Asianalia: items from Asia that make up a collection. E.g., "Like many late 19th-century artists, Whistler was a great collector of Asianalia."