When journalist and author Alison Stewart cleaned out her family's basement after the death of both parents, she found herself up to her neck in stuff. The daunting task, undertaken by Stewart, her sister, a good friend and some junk removal professionals, took eight months during which time the family house went from "family museum to mausoleum." They sorted through the worthless, the sentimental and the impossible to categorize. "Don't look at pictures!" they vowed in the interest of [...]
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