Surrounded by Books; Not "Decluttering" Literature
Quite often, people considering the eventuality or imminence of their deaths begin ridding themselves of possessions. They shed their familiar—even treasured—objects, their clothing, their furniture, their souvenirs from trips, kitchen utensils, even their books. Marie Kondo wrote a New York Times bestseller, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, and a good many people followed suit, pun intended. One has to wonder at the leng
