Yet another attempt to cull and put a modicum of order into files in the cluttered Little Darwin den is underway.
On the computer desk there are numerous old notebooks , more notebooks in the drawers , along with bundles of postcards , first day covers, manuscripts , old theatre programs .
The large in-tray on the desk is filled with an overflowing disarray of interesting items including a range of invitations to and menus for major meetings and banquets in London in l910 , Field Marshall Viscount KItchener the guest at one.
Then there are 13 jam-packed plastic archival storage bins ; a stack of overflow books on the floor ; filing cabinets crying out to take more items ; old bottles, included Australian and New Zealand pub soda syphons, in need of a dust. Listing the pile brings one out in a sweat, followed by a swoon or two.
(Den. Cull. Kitchener.)
