Basement Archaeology

"If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house." -George Carlin

In the fall of 2010, I moved out of my 3-bedroom house into (mucj) smaller quarters. Some of the boxes in my basement were packed 3 houses and 2 apartments previously.
It is time to simplify, let go, move on, bury the past, blah blah blah... In some ways, it's liberating. In other ways, it's like saying goodbye to a bunch of old friends you haven't seen in years. You want to acknowledge, even celebrate, their contributions to your life experience. So here we are.