Oct 28 2005
Making lists is more fun than tidying
Post relationship clutter has invaded my dining-room table. A space that was previously under control has subversively developed a magnetic power for things that normally live elsewhere.
What things?
If you’re feeling extremely bored spend a few minutes trying to spot the following things in the photograph.
- birthday card & present for Swedish friend
- housewarming present for recently moved friend
- Package of summer from eastcoast friend
- open book (Marilyn Monroe quotations, sharp lady)
- camera-case
- UK adapter power plug
- mug of tea
- beer bottle (Samuel Smith’s Nutbrown Ale)
- pile of unopened mail from organisations
- collection of documents providing guidance on how to review papers for a conference.
- print-out of conference papers I’m reviewing. This helps me to make colourful doodles on them. More satisfying than scrolling through a .pdf file.
- vase of roses. Hooray, how pretty they look. How sweet they smell. I have to keep an eye on the kitties though. Kitties love to eat roses. I’ll try and catch a picture of them browsing the blooms…
- 2 closed books (Adam Nicolson, really must start reading it again…) & Mervyn Peake’s ‘Letters from a lost uncle’. Great bedtime story…
- 2 sketchpads sat on their carrying-case
- 2 plastic bags of legal documents (preparing a will)
- 2 Laptops (Tinkerbell on your left & Work supplied)
- 2 bowls of ‘produce’ (green & orange - like the roses). Produce is beginning to fascinate me….
- 3 colour pens.
Wendy making-lists-rather-than-moving-clutter
Making lists is more fun than tidying
