Cleaning out my husband's truck

4/25/2020

Jonathan bought a 1992 Ford Ranger for $1 about 15 years ago. He agreed at last to let it go – a donation to MPBN. I excavated the archeological layers today.

“Don’t just toss stuff. There’s valuable things in there,” he said.

Jonathan’s valuable things kind of make me love him more.

Bolts, screws, washers, ratchet set, staple gun, wrenches, screwdriver
Coil of rusty wire
2 Pilot pens
Band-aids, large Vaseline adhesive gauze
2 rusted ball-pump needles
baseball cap, rag, quilted flannel shirt
2 blankets
umbrella
“Kitty Hawk” kite (bought with Sam on a 1997 family trip)
Ace bandage
Roll of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, N95 mask (score!)
brake/washer/power steering fluid; oil
sawzall and blades
2 machetes (“That’s where they were! I searched everywhere.”)
sledge hammer, sledge head, mall head
pry bar
extendable dog leash
camp chair
Frisbee
2 bicycle pumps
Maine gazetteer
6 tennis balls
Wet bag of Golf balls/tees/pencils
2 random arcade tokens
3 coiled ropes
Frisbee
Roll of garbage bags (unused)
$20.05 (now mine)
$2 Canadian coin
cassette tape: “Religious Heroes in Gilgamesh and The Dawn of History” (Oh yeah; that was a good one.”)

My 60th year in 60,000 words
Day 245: 187 words, TOTAL = 40,137; 19,863 remaining

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Robin Clifford Wood is a writer and writing teacher. She lives in central Maine with her husband and dogs, loves to be outdoors, and enjoys ever-expanding horizons through her grown children and their multi-species families.

To read about the "60th year in 60,000 words" challenge, go to the August 27th blog post.

https://www.robincliffordwood.com/youll-never-be-quite-the-same---blog/tomorrow-is-launch-day

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