Reclaiming the kitchen table

Today, while making breakfast (pancakes) I had to reclaim our kitchen table. It’s been increasingly laden with papers, journals, student work, etc., and the actual table was not visible anymore. So, while making the pancakes I cleared the piles of dead-tree stuff that’s been clogging up the the space for several weeks. Half of the stuff I put into Recycling, the other half is destined for my office.