I get daily email hints from Martha Stewart, a person whose television show I never watched, but still made fun of. I didn’t know that she was simply helping a lot of people make their lives easier and better.

Yesterday, my fridge croaked. I took over to my neighbors the few things they could tuck into their well-stocked fridge, and today I went through what was left. The fridge should have been cleaned out months ago, but “should” isn’t necessarily an operative word here anymore. There were multiple containers of unidentifiable leftovers, and bunches of small unopened cups of mixed fruit that have been in their since Hurricane Helene, 14 months ago, when food and supplies were flooding to us from all over the country.

I dumped liquids down the drain and dumped everything else into a big wok I never use (and don’t know where it came from). Faced the howling wind to toss it all out in the back-back, for critters to nose through.

And I cracked up when the next notification from Martha popped onto my screen: 7 Items You Should Toss From Your Refrigerator ASAP

The fridge is empty now, and will be carted away by the delivery persons from Lowe’s, who are bringing the new one. I’m jazzed that it will have a bottom drawer freezer, and will be a bit larger.

I’ll put out the level now, so they will be the ones - not me - accommodating my 125 year-old floor!

Ciao,

Lucy