[Sca-cooks] A moment of silence...

[Linda Barta]

I can’t imagine what you’re feeling. So sorry to hear. 

Dagmar

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Ours is not to rewrite history; but to learn from it to improve the future. 

> On Sep 22, 2018, at 4:17 PM, Terry Decker <t.d.decker at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Aside from losing the people nearest to me, I can think of nothing worse than losing my library and book collections.  I've had portions stolen and lost in flooding, but the irreplaceable core is still with me.  I am tremendously sorry to hear of your loss.
> 
> Bear
> 
> 
> Today I stood and watched the cleaning crew doing an inventory and then
> packing away for disposal my cookbook collection. I started it when I was 8.
> It included books that my father had in his collection before me.  It had
> etiquette books printed in 1900, and originals from every decade since.  A
> lot of the books were simple volumes, but there were entries for probably
> 75-100 different ethnic, national and thematic cuisines and a few thousand
> years of food history contained there.  I looked at my copy of Curye on
> Inglysh  laid out on the table, covered in soot, and almost cried.
> I know much of it can be replaced, while some of it cannot.  It is the
> decades of curating my collection that I'm mourning tonight.  My own little
> Alexandria.
> Do yourselves a favor: inventory your books. And then go look behind your
> dryer (my house fire was caused by a small hand towel that fell behind the
> dryer and blocked the air intake vent. Don't just clean your lint filters,
> check behind your dryers as well!)
> 
> Christianna
> 
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