There has been a flurry of activity in this household lately to review and purge (more than the usual), thus leading me to more consideration of how to organize what remains. I came across this rumination on how to organize books (yes, we have lots of those in the house). When I read this, I remembered that our friends Marie and Ian did exactly that in their living room when they were still living in Mississauga. I don't know if I could let go of my compulsion to organize by topic, but it's appealing to try.