Card catalog in a dumpster…the agony
I completely sympathize with the writer of this post on the agony of seeing old card catalog cabinets in a dumpster (via things) I have let my share of cabinets go in the past (…not to mention lovely but no longer useful library tables, chairs, and other such furnishings). Thankfully, I was able to get an old Widener carrel during the carrel giveaway a few years ago, and it is one of the few cherished possessions that I have here .. . My ex-fiance still does not understand why I was so determined to haul “that poorly designed table” from the pickup location in Allston to our apartment in Medford. While I am the first to admit that as a workspace it is far from perfect, I always feel inspired when I sit down at that desk, wondering about the dissertations and daydreams that were pondered there. All it needs is a few geraniums to be my perfect haven :-).
4 comments March 4th, 2004