Like most couples, as newlyweds Mr. Burt and I couldn’t afford all-new furniture to fill the new home we were starting together. We did scrape together enough money in wedding gifts to purchase an essential mattress, bedroom suite, and dinette, but our living room was fitted out with hand-me-downs from my parents, who conveniently bought [...]
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One man’s trash is another man’s…
…artwork.
I’m not sure if this is a practice in most of the country, or even in the state, but in my neighborhood, if you no longer want something, you set it on your curb, and chances are, it’ll disappear. No, it won’t be taken away by the weekly large refuse pickup, though we do have [...]