Boxes, bags and safekeepers
Every wonder what people store in their closets besides skeletons and themselves? Bags, bits, bugs galore, and more.

Some people revere closets like my Aunt Emma whose exquisite collection of gift bags and boxes can be seen here to the right.

Some people don't have closets: students or people who live in some old houses. I remember my paternal grandparents never did. They lived in a small outport community in Newfoundland called Fox Harbour. They hung their clothes on hangers first, then on hooks on the wall, six and seven layers thick. They looked like headless bodies in your peripheral view.

For some people, closets are not enough to store all the collectibles, both treasured and despised; they need basements and sheds and storage rooms, too. Others pile their stuff they aren't using in an unused bedroom -- so they don't use the room or the stuff in it. Makes you wonder what they're saving it for. It's like a savings account of things to be used someday -- in retirement, maybe? What would happen if we actually went through all our closets and actually got rid of what we don't use or need? How hard would that be? It's partly: who has the time! But I know some people who just cannot part with their stuff: you know who you are!

Others view their closets as the place they can hide what they consider the worst things they own. What's the worst thing in your closet? Me? I can't remember. It's been a while since I've looked in there.