This month, I moved. The distance involved was not far, about 40 kilometres over the county line, but the effort required months of planning and a very large cube van, accompanied by three pickup trucks and my own car. At the other end, we began the process of arranging furniture and artwork, and unpacking more than 50 cardboard boxes. How can two people own so much stuff?

I started thinking of my ancestors. I can’t think of one who lived in the same house their entire adult life, although...


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