I am 142 lbs. closer to my goal of a peaceful home.

 

That’s the total weight of the six cardboard boxes of books that an academic librarian is picking up from my house tomorrow morning. They’re mostly books that I collected for my dissertation research, so I feel things about these books.

 

But they were just gathering dust in my basement. They want to be read. I think most of them will achieve that. The librarian told me that they’ll select the books they want, then share the rest with other libraries.

 

It would even be fine with me if they gave the leftovers to students.