[Magdalen] Feeling very grown-up

[Grace Cangialosi]

I can second the recommendation for Freecycle. I have gotten rid of stuff and also gotten a couple of things.

> On Jun 29, 2015, at 1:13 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If you are trying to find a new home for older furniture, you certainly can
> ask the local Salvation Army or Good Will or some other thrift agency. It's
> also quite possible that you may find a need through your church.  There's
> another very practical way to deal with stuff, however: "FREECYCLE"
> 
> Freecycle is a nationwide consortium of local networks that help link a
> person who has something and no longer needs it to someone who might be
> able to use that. It can be ANYTHING, so long as you are genuinely giving
> it away, and there are no strings attached.
> 
> Go to this link and you will find places near you that can assist you.
> 
> https://www.freecycle.org/
> 
> We had a stuffed chair and were no longer using it since I got a much nicer
> recliner.  The Salvation Army truck came and they declined to take it away.
> "Today, people in need have a lot higher standards of what they will  and
> will not accept," he said to us.  He was very courteous, but they did not
> want the chair for the simple reason that they did not believe they would
> be able to move it.
> 
> So I put it up on the local Freecycle, and a student from the Culinary
> Institute came, fell in love with it, and took it away.
> 
> I have moved a lot of stuff through Freecycle -- stuff which I no longer
> use,but I think still has some use in it.  I am sort of their poster child,
> I guess. Their main goal to help keep used stuff out of the landfills.  And
> it works. Go to that link and it will help you get connected with local
> boards in your particular region, and you can even specifically pick which
> one(s) you want to use. They do really make it easy.
> 
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> You might be surprised. In any case, are there second hand stores? If not,
>> what about the Salvation Army or Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul or the
>> equivalent? They will usually even come and pick up big pieces.
>> 
>> Jay, who has some experience with such
>> 
>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Beyond the totally unacceptable dump, any easily do-able suggestions as
>> to
>>> where the mahogany may go ?  My agent in PH, who was in antiques for 20
>>> years before housing, just says quietly that nobody wants this sort of
>>> thing nowadays.  Just one of the practical problems that loom.
>>> 
>>> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>>> 
>>>> On 6/27/2015 10:55 PM, Molly Wolfmama wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Shed the mahogany! IKEA is your friend.  Well, my friend, anyway.
>>>> 
>>>> I have the same impulse to throw out everything in the fridge,
>> regardless
>>>> of its "best before" date.  It's new life time.
>>>> 
>>>> Molly
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
>> no
>>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 27, 2015, at 10:18 PM, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is essentially a new house on an old footprint.  The blurb says: "A
>>>>> secluded location for this totally rebuilt home.  Tucked down a
>> laneway in
>>>>> an area of lovely homes, but walking distance to downtown.  Tastefully
>>>>> finished with Cape Cod wood exterior, engineered hardwood and ceramic
>>>>> flooring, oak staircase and 2nd floor walk-out to the deck this pretty
>> home
>>>>> has lots of natural light and a lovely master bedroom across the front
>> of
>>>>> the house."
>>>>> 
>>>>> As if in an amphitheatre, it sits in a very sunny dell.  Bring it on!
>>>>> Lots of trees and shrubs around, but not too close and claustrophobic.
>>>>> They are a good buffer up the steep slope behind me to Baldwin St
>> above, a
>>>>> quiet little dead-end.  To the  south, it is more open with other long
>>>>> properties coming down to me.  Those houses are on Walton St (the main
>> st)
>>>>> and flank the entrance of my No Exit little lane that runs down the
>> hill to
>>>>> me, but they, too, are buffered by trees and shrubs.  My impression is
>> of
>>>>> silence except birds, despite all that is out there.  The house runs
>> into
>>>>> the slope behind.  Winter might be interesting getting up the lane,
>> but I
>>>>> remarked that that's why we have Subarus. :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Two nice bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a spacious kitchen/family room. Lots of
>>>>> closet space.  Space for me to put a garden shed for the outside
>> equipment
>>>>> and good space in the utility room beyond the kitchen and laundry.
>> Hard to
>>>>> picture where stuff will go.  I really want to start fresh and somehow
>> shed
>>>>> the heavy mahogany that will overwhelm this space, and a lot more
>> besides!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 6/27/2015 9:33 PM, Eleanor Braun wrote:
>>>>>> Awesome!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Details, please.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Eleanor
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Saturday, June 27, 2015, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I believe I've bought a house!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>>