• two polishing pads. i think i used to own a polishing appliance of some sort.
• one aquarium light. i must have owned an aquarium at some point.
• one aquarium thermometer. see above.
• one package wire connectors. just say no to diy electrical work.

• four little soaps.
• two little shampoos.
• two little body lotions.
• one little body wash. all gone to a food pantry. which can always use non-food items.

• seventeen items of clothing. not actually my clothes, but they might have lingered for years. i claim the victory of eradication.

• a magazine. i only read these when i buy them at the grocery store, never when they come to my house.
• 5/6 of a black rubber box. associated with electricity?
• a package of page protectors. which we must have needed at least one of at some point.
• two pieces of art. it speaks to you, then sometimes it does not.

• the instruction manual. to the kiln i got rid of last week.
• an attachment. to the vacuum i threw away two weeks ago.
• an ikea catalog. bought the sink a month ago.
• a coil of weatherseal. which i gave up on last year.
• a pair of pants. which have never gone with anything, ever.

• two vent elbows. just the kind of thing you might find a use for two weeks after throwing it away. or not.
• a mug. just a hairline crack, but we know where this is leading.
• a pair of gardening gloves. too small, very stiff. they might encourage you to rethink weeding altogether.
• the lid to a candle. i don't get it either.

• one skirt. so similar to another one i own. how does this happen?
• one sweater. which i l o v e love and still don't wear.
• three shirts. boom.

• five more books. filling the tiny free neighborhood library. a portland thing i love.

• one very nice sweatshirt. not that sweatshirts are generally flattering, but.
• a pair of ski boots. that fit someone in this house several years ago.
• gooey rubber window climber toy. throwing this away meant touching it.
• jar that was once a snow globe. but is not now.
• strap that once attached something to something. else.

• the kiln. just one, but it was a doozy.

• used ink cartridges. i'm sorry, earth.
• a broken cell phone case. still sorry.
• the box my iphone came in. really, really sorry.

• five lice-killing compounds. ever the optimist.

• one tiny archeologist's brush. used to uncover one tiny terra-cotta warrior.
• four books. the books we love are precious until one day they just aren't.

• six dvds. i'm not entirely sure what dvd stands for.