Edith Pearlman
WE are moving. Downsizing. GotBooks has carted off our Oxford English Dictionary; if you want to know the origin and early uses of "desuetude" you'll have to ask somebody else. An antique dealer whisked away 40-year-old wedding gifts never entirely unpacked; relatives relieved us of bits of furniture. And our young grandson Joseph has laid claim to a wooden queen ... (Full article: 739 words)
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