It’s not like I’m making excuses, but not everything in the garage consists of boxes filled with my office supplies. It also has plenty of clutter we’re hanging onto on behalf of the daughters, now building households of their own in the nation’s two largest cities. But before they landed in New York City and Los Angeles, they had set up shop in places like Eugene and Pullman — and we ended up with some of those possessions from those households. Which brings me to today’s box.

Box 14: Saturday, Jan. 14

CONTENTS: This box contains a collection of plays from the older daughter’s theater studies at the University of Oregon — and, oddly enough, “Without Feathers,” a 1970s collection of short pieces by Woody Allen. Closer examination reveals that the Allen book does contain two short plays called — no surprise here — “Death” and “God.” I text the daughter to be sure she doesn’t want any of these books — and, overall, it appears to be a solid collection, with an emphasis on English and Irish works from the mid-20th century and a half-dozen or so Shakespeare titles. Why, somebody could take these plays and use them to start the “365 Boxes Playhouse.”

The daughter texts back: “No, I don’t need more stuff.”

Well, yeah. Tell me about it.

DISPOSITION: For a short time, I’m willing to give the entire box to anyone who says they’re willing to start the “365 Boxes Playhouse.” (No one’s going to stage a Woody Allen play these days, so I’ll put that book in the Little Free Library to see if anybody grabs it.) I thought about emailing Elizabeth Helman of the Oregon State University Theatre Department, but the department still is essentially homeless until OSU’s Arts and Education Complex opens, so the last thing she needs is another box. But maybe a high school drama program or the drama program at Linn-Benton Community College could find a use for these volumes, which include a collection of audition scenes that might be just the ticket for a high school drama competitor. If there are no takers, though, these volumes likely are headed to the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, where they might actually draw a few coins at a Friends of the Library book sale.

If you’re coming late to the whole “365 Boxes” project, here’s the blog post that got it all rolling.