I have decided that the family "time capsule" manila envelopes, mostly filled during the 2010s, are too bulky to continue storing and hauling around. So, even though I somewhat randomly marked them to be opened on dates in the 2030s, 2040s and beyond, it's time to cut open the bulky envelopes and see what's what.
In advance, I'm guessing that about 70% of the contents will be tossed in the trash and the rest will be either kept (as the "best of the best"), repurposed for crafting or possibly sold. Yes, I know this blog's motto is "every piece of paper tells a story," but that has never made it incumbent upon me to be the one keeping every piece of paper. Perhaps that's heresy, but I assure you I'm not going to run out of ephemera anytime soon.
The first envelope to be opened was a fairly slender one filled when Joan, Ashar and I went to the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January 2011, a lifetime ago amid President Barack Obama's first term.
The contents included the brochures and pamphlets handed out by the various Farm Show vendors, some advertising postcards, business cards, a couple of printed tweets (very odd for 2011, but that's me), and that day's edition of the York Daily Record, which I then worked for. There was also our parking stub and some recipe booklets touting Pennsylvania agriculture.
A fair amount was trashed, although as mentioned this was a skinnier envelope to begin with. Some stuff went to Joan for crafting or postcarding. And the best of the best was kept, having now been downsized to a more acceptable volume. Those going through this remaining ephemera in the future will have far less "junk" to sort through.
On to the next envelopes....
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