“Seems a lot of people are cleaning house since the Covid thing came along.”
“Yup. If you’re going to stay home, you might as well do something you’ve been putting off for years!”
“You ever consider if people in third-world countries would think our junk is a treasure?”
“You ever consider that some of it could be donated, fixed up, and given to our own needy folks?”
“Good point. I’ve got stuff. You got any stuff?”
“Yup.”
The two neighbors spent the rest of their walk making plans.
Just Writing! 
Dear Linda,
I hope these two make good on their plans. Practical and benevolent. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. I loved walking down memory lane with the Little Rascals this morning 🙂
I just posted a question to the help forum. My LIKE button hasn’t worked for a couple of weeks, and my notifications will show up only on my stats page. Hoping to get this resolved.
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It seems any time WP does a major upgrade people have issues… Hope it is resolved soon.
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Hi Linda,
I find my ‘Like’ button doesn’t work on google.
I use another like ‘Safari. It works there. No help
from WP when I asked. Hope this helps a little.
Isadora
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I did try a couple of other browsers, but not Safari. Thanks–I’ll give it a try.
Tried Safari. No luck.
I’ve had several suggestions from WP, but none of them have worked. They seem to be approaching it from the viewpoint that it’s something I’m doing or not doing. I’ve cooperated with every suggestion, with no improvement. Frustrating.
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Awwww … I’ve been there. It can be frustrating. My biggest gripe lately is the new posting format. No matter what I learn I always take almost to hours to post soemthing simple. Grrr … I’m not techy but I can follow instrucitons but their instrutions aren’t clear. Ironically, when my membership was up I was going to try another blog place but I didn’t want to go through the learning process again. I’m much too old for that. It’s supposed to be fun. Good Luck … sorry Safari didn’t work. If you do solve the isseue, you may want to post about the process. Thanks for trying my suggestion. Have a great day … Be Safe
Isadora 😎
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We have learned to depend on each other during this crisis
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Yes, more people do need to donate instead of trashing perfectly good items.
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We waste too much stuff in the West. Great message in the story.
My local charities often refuse to take stuff.
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Neatly woven story with good message, Linda
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Thanks!
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Very realistic dialogue. Hope they follow through. Often you have great Intentions but once you start sorting, it’s easier to give up.😉
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Too true.
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Story with a great message. Nicely written, Linda.
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Thanks, Penny.
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This makes a great point, Linda. Maybe we need to start looking out for our neighbor’s needs instead of just philosophizing.
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I’ve always thought philosophizing was a great way to avoid doing anything like work 🙂
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I agree with the idea of helping the local poor. Don’t let those third world characters fool you. Nigeria’s a perfect example. The obscenely large majority are dirt poor but a small percentage have countless billions. It’s their responsibility to help their own poor. The smart move would be to convince them, instead of always others, to help.
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Point taken, Larry.
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Great story I can definitely relate to with the stuff and the decluttering. I’ve been steadily putting stuff out to the road (a bit at a time) with free sign on it. The stuff nobody took has been put in the trunk and taken to the local charity shop.
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We do the same, especially when we’ve replaced something with a newer model. Always amazes me how fast STUFF gets taken 🙂
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🙂
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A new bathroom and living room for us thanks to being stuck in the house, it is definitely the year for home improvement.
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Indeed. Our main bath is also getting a makeover, long overdue 🙂
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In my village we have turned an old phone booth into a donation box. Any items left can be taken for free. I turned a worn out shopping trolley into a sack barrow. Ps My WordPress like button is also non functioning
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Mike, that’s a great idea. And someone has mentioned that every time WP does something to improve the site, glitches tend to show up.
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If only more people thought that way. Where I live, in the mountains, people just take the stuff they don’t want, drive out on the trails and dump it. It’s a constant blemish on my otherwise beautiful hikes.
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That’s such a shame. We have so much that we can just dump it any old where.
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It seems many of us have too much stuff! Sadly, our local thrift store isn’t accepting donations during the pandemic. Fun read 🙂
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I guess I can understand why they can’t accept anything right now. Hadn’t though about that!
Thanks for reading and commenting, Sue.
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Some ones rubbish is indeed someones treasure as evidenced by the existence of eBay!! Good stuff, these folks sound good sorts
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Yes, they are. And I’d like to think there are a lot of them 🙂
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Inspiring story Linda. Well done.
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That sounds like the start of a very charitable donation 🙂 Nice one!
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A lot of good has come out of this pandemic. It’s a thing of beauty to see people getting together to help others. Or not getting together but trying to help others anyway 😉
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I think the advent of TV, and then fast forward to the tech age, has done a lot to ruin neighborliness. We tend to just hole up with our screens and have “relationships” with our remote controls rather than with real people. Being quarantined really has had an effect on how much we interact with people in our neighborhood, for sure.
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Does it ever! A real effort is required now. Was hard before being social-distanced…
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good point. charity begins at home.
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It is better to give … and it feels really good. Lovely story!
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Thanks, Brenda 🙂
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I always have a bag of stuff but the charity shops have all been shut!
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That’s what I’m hearing. Covid seems to control even our charitable giving. I guess we’ll have to do it via garage sales, or just hang on to our stuff until the quarantines are lifted.
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I think a lot of us have stuff we need to get rid of!!
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It’s such a cleansing feeling to sort through unneeded items
to give to charity. I sort through my older towels and give them to dog/cat shelters.
They appreciate it so much. Even animals have needs.
A productive conversation between two neighbors. Nicely written, Linda.
Have a great day … Be Safe
Isadora 😎
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Hadn’t thought of that. My old, worn towels get torn into cleaning rags.
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I used to make rags out of them too. Then, when I aodpted my two fur-children I saw a sign asking for donations of blankets, towels, food and litter. It breaks my heart to see these pets sad and waiting for a forever home. It’s my way of giving them some comfort. I’m pleased you liked my suggestion. Have a great weekend … Be Safe
Isadora 😎
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now all they need to do is carry the plans through. Good one!
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Our world of recycling well told. The charity shops in my town have recently just opened and they are being loaded with stuff. A lot of the donated stuff does get sent away to – well I don’t really know.
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Our charity stores in my corner of PA are closed, I hear. I don’t know what they do with the excess, either–maybe they toss it in a dumpster.
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A very nice and pleasing story, well-told, Linda.
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Thanks 🙂
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From little acorns…….good piece.
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Thanks, Rob.
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