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February 11, 2007
Categories
I love to categorize. Don't you? Here are some kitchen categories, AKA the contents of my cabinets.
1. Tupperwares which are not really tupperwares. They're just leftover-tubs. And I have a nice lid-organizer. When I was growing up, Mom had her leftover-tubs in a lower cabinet. You know what we did when we put them away? Opened the door, threw in the container and/or the lid, and slammed the door shut before an avalanche of containers fell out. So mine are in the upper cabinets.
2. Bowls. Many bowls. Salad bowls. Cereal bowls. Icecream bowls. Mixing bowls. Prep bowls.
3. Platters and cake pedestals.
4. Plates. Dinner plates, dessert plates.
5. Drinking glasses. Some tall, some short, some shiny, some Latvian, some blue.
6. Baking stuff. Cake pans, pie dishes, 9x9's, 9x13's, all sorts.
7. Baking stuff: software. Flour, sugar, salt, cornmeal, cornstarch, oil, olive oil, oats, etc.
8. Mugs. Everyone we know could come over for coffee at the same time and they would each have their own mug. We have a lot of mugs.
I like to categorize. Things need to be organized and properly and efficiently stowed away. But why can't I categorize people or life issues? They don't fit neatly into a box or a cabinet or 'with all the others of this type.' How do I break my bad habit of categorizing people like they're just objects, treating them as less complex than they are?
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