It was "sparkle week" this week in the town where I'm living," when everyone has an opportunity to put out anything — broken cabinetry, old tube TVs, paint cans, boxes of moldy magazines, VHS tapes, stacks of two-by-fours, etc. — for the garbage collectors to take away. A cornucopia of utterly unpredictable things ends up on the sidewalk during this week, and we spotted several rented U-Hauls driving around, being filled up with furniture and miscellany. On the first day, we secured a set of 1950s-era kitchen-table chairs (only one of which was wobbly and unusable), and the promise of more finds seemed open-ended. All week I found myself walking around town, poking through boxes of trash, hoping for another score despite not looking for anything particular and despite whatever Covid risk inheres in rooting through strangers' garbage. I kept telling myself, I
Heaven's on fire
Heaven's on fire
Heaven's on fire
It was "sparkle week" this week in the town where I'm living," when everyone has an opportunity to put out anything — broken cabinetry, old tube TVs, paint cans, boxes of moldy magazines, VHS tapes, stacks of two-by-fours, etc. — for the garbage collectors to take away. A cornucopia of utterly unpredictable things ends up on the sidewalk during this week, and we spotted several rented U-Hauls driving around, being filled up with furniture and miscellany. On the first day, we secured a set of 1950s-era kitchen-table chairs (only one of which was wobbly and unusable), and the promise of more finds seemed open-ended. All week I found myself walking around town, poking through boxes of trash, hoping for another score despite not looking for anything particular and despite whatever Covid risk inheres in rooting through strangers' garbage. I kept telling myself, I