becoming less and less attached to the memories - until all yu have is a cardboard box. i don't want a house full of stuff at 90 (except maybe music). the secret is weeding out things every day, week, year. i finally realized that some old pics would look better on the wall so people could see them - so put them into a large frame for lots of pics instead of framing each one individually. used to think that things that were deteriorating were valuable. now, i see ... just let them deteriorate. in fact, try to help the process along by spilling something on them, or ripping them.