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> Personal papers. Photos. Home movies. It was overwhelming.

And all to the trash I assume?

I have a goal to not leave anything like that behind, if future people aren't going to want it, I shouldn't be keeping it in the first place.

I'm failing utterly in doing it, but it's a goal.




Actually, I burned it all. This was a rural property. So I just went old-school, with a large steel drum, with holes punched around the bottom. And then buried the ashes. We did a little ceremony.

I did keep some stuff. That old pair of scissors that I've mentioned. Some antique tools.




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