{"id":218,"date":"2020-05-14T21:18:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T21:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/?p=218"},"modified":"2020-05-14T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T21:26:07","slug":"a-lot-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/musings\/a-lot-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lot of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">14 May 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Lot of Things<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_portfolios_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_portfolios_web-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"murpworks - The Tales of Silverdale - A Lot of Things - portfolios\" class=\"wp-image-221\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_portfolios_web-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_portfolios_web-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_portfolios_web.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A world turned upside down, a life turned inside out. Getting ready to move is difficult and stressful at the best of times. When reducing to move into a smaller space, things become doubly difficult<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not just a case of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;How big a van do we need to transport everything?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a case of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;What to take, what to give away, what to bin?&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sorting through the things  we have collected over a lifetime and deciding what to keep and what not to is difficult, rather than cathartic. We are moving on (both beyond and onto a boat) and starting afresh. It&#8217;s a newer beginning but it has to have continuity with the past. Well, at least for me it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t just get rid of a lot of things, They show where I have come from. There&#8217;s a remembrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, whilst a lot of reviewing has taken place (winnowed would be a good word to describe it), a lot of things will be making it onto Nb Silverdale &#8211; some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-gb\">Lego<\/a>, some cleaning equipment, portfolios of work, some old software we can never use?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just a small selection of what&#8217;s making the cut &#8211; today. It may change. 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