Culch

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Today’s word is the term for stuff you save because you might need it some day. A short visit to the on-line OED tells me culch is what litters the floor of a sewing workshop or lies on a muddy sea bed in the form of oyster shells to house future baby oysters. It’s good to know there’s a word for almost anything. Now I can talk about the midden of culch and perhaps impress someone with my command of fantasy literature.

Last week Ms. Winfrey broadcast a two-part show about hoarders. Save yourself: watch this show. It’s a benchmark study with a happy ending. The empty-nesters whose suburban ranch house generated sixteen industrial-sized dumpsters of solid waste and a 10,000 square foot rummage sale, keeping a crew of a hundred busy for weeks, have been able to keep their quarters clear of culch for three years.

Save yourself: watch this show.

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