The plumber came and was a perfect gentleman.

Jul 15, 2004

The plumber came and was a perfect gentleman. He apologized and admitted it was his mistake. He seemed mortified at the ruin of the papers. We have a restoration place coming to see what they can salvage from the ten boxes of manuscripts and notes. Oh, well. We’re all alive, if not quite well. As Trinity pointed out no one was hurt, and she was right. The only thing that is truly irreplaceable are people and pets. Life is irreplaceable. Paper is just paper. Even with words on it. Some of this stuff had been sitting around for twenty years. I’ll go on the assumption that I guess I didn’t need any of it after all.