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Happy Earth Day.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my embarrassing L-bracket bookshelves and the new bookcase I was working on to replace them. I’m finally finished.
We’re shooting the opening picture tomorrow afternoon at my house, so last night, I moved all the books off the old unit and piled them on the dining room table, then moved the bockety, dimensional pine piece of crap against the dining room wall, just to get it out of the way to clear space for my slightly less bockety cherry bookcase.
Today, Senior Editor Glen D. Huey helped me schlep the new case to my house and set it up. It barely fit in his Dodge Ram. I simply must stop building such large and heavy pieces of furniture.
So now, I have to decide what to do with the old bookshelves. Sure, I could easily remove the L-brackets and bring the boards into the shop. The shelves are each 12″ wide and 48″ long, and the sides are both 36″ long. I’m sure we could find a use for the wood, even with the drippy cherry Minwax finished I brushed on these many decades ago (sorry Bob Flexner , now I know I should have used a rag).
But what I really want to do is rev up the chainsaw and go straight down the middle. Or start a bonfire. Or take an axe to it. Those would all make for good pictures. But it’s Earth Day, and I’m feeling guilty about my yen for destruction.
So, gentle readers, what say you?
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