tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1665393569174477172..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Haunted Attic by Lu HerseyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86820466534036758642018-02-21T15:59:44.152+00:002018-02-21T15:59:44.152+00:00This is so true. We have boxes from both sets of p...This is so true. We have boxes from both sets of parents - and we realise we have to clear things out or we will be passing even more things on to our children.Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-3945792544403688632018-02-19T10:19:00.361+00:002018-02-19T10:19:00.361+00:00Good luck Angela! It's painful, but therapeuti...Good luck Angela! It's painful, but therapeutic in the end. I hope. Already worrying about the paintings, even if they were ghastly... :) But frankly we need to offload stuff or we'd be carrying all our ancestors like albatrosses around our necks - and there'd be more of them year on year....LuWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793378306766981247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-5363575314585765482018-02-18T22:20:15.377+00:002018-02-18T22:20:15.377+00:00Hi.
It sounds very emotional and I'm sure old...Hi.<br /><br />It sounds very emotional and I'm sure old feelings of love, disappointment, anger and loss fill every corner of the loft and the spaces between the rafters. The subject would make a very moving short story.<br /><br />We've sold our house and I'm about to embark on the same task as you've described. It's going to be a big clear out because we're emigrating to France and don't want to move stuff around Europe for the sake of not sorting it out. I couldn't part with our children's early school books or the piles of fading photographs, but so many things must go. Deep breath, black bin liner in hand and face mask secured to protect from inhaling years of dust...I'm going in!Angela Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221068291904611525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-90159143740675140432018-02-18T19:15:55.704+00:002018-02-18T19:15:55.704+00:00Thank you Mystica! That's very kind.Thank you Mystica! That's very kind. LuWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793378306766981247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7083935942311422542018-02-18T16:18:23.045+00:002018-02-18T16:18:23.045+00:00Since we do not have attics or lofts in my part of...Since we do not have attics or lofts in my part of the world, I did enjoy your post so very much. <br /><br />Best wishes in your new home.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-71034998254294007202018-02-18T14:12:23.086+00:002018-02-18T14:12:23.086+00:00Ha! I think in the time of Alfred's visitor it...Ha! I think in the time of Alfred's visitor it was definitely a case of survival of the fittest - or who had the fastest horse or sharpest elbows :) Good luck with your clearance - definitely worth doing it now so you don't have it all at once if you ever have to move!LuWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793378306766981247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-11638902057908114332018-02-18T12:19:12.629+00:002018-02-18T12:19:12.629+00:00Sympathies over all those decisions about what to ...Sympathies over all those decisions about what to do with what, Lu, as well as the time it all takes. I'm trying to do the same thing here but without the house move to sharpen the cull. As for dealing with the memories and sentimental stuff . . .<br /><br />I wonder if Alfred's division of no-longer-needed possessions included sharp elbows as well as a very strong sense of protocol though of course a person left many less worldly goods then - but what a great story to picture in one's head. Thanks you!<br /><br />Hope that the new home is really good and happy for you. Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-14380904526440561102018-02-18T10:36:09.004+00:002018-02-18T10:36:09.004+00:00Thanks Joan - not quite there yet as stuff in stor...Thanks Joan - not quite there yet as stuff in store while I wait to complete on next house - which actually doesn't have a loft, Sue! So hopefully next move won't see so many dead relatives :-) LuWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793378306766981247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50917582763036933082018-02-18T09:26:23.680+00:002018-02-18T09:26:23.680+00:00This makes me glad we don't have a loft!This makes me glad we don't have a loft!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4702761278975333802018-02-18T08:16:01.814+00:002018-02-18T08:16:01.814+00:00My heart goes out to you, Lu - the past and its st...My heart goes out to you, Lu - the past and its stuff has such power to exhaust and manipulate us. Well done on your move!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com