The Rest Is His Story
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Indiana Jones and the Evidence of Ordinary Things
Who is the fictional character you relate to the most? I absolutely share Indy’s obsession with rescuing history. Indiana Jones, that is. Though I’m not a college professor by day, I enjoy decoding clues to vanished eras. I am a… Continue reading
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I Used to Collect Permission Slips
What’s something you used to worry about but don’t anymore? My dear girl, I have found your permission slips. You left them everywhere. For decades, you kept them—little quotations, photographs of memes, verses of Scripture, scraps of encouragement saved at… Continue reading
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You Pick the Horizon and Find the Train
What are your top 10 travel destinations? I write to you buried beneath a mountainous avalanche of leather satchels, hatboxes, and brass-bound trunks… my corset simply too tight to catch my breath beneath the worldly possessions of people who apparently… Continue reading
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A Shield, An Anchor, and An Engine
What is your favorite quote? When I was a kid on the playground, life was simple but loud. If someone threw an insult my way, I didn’t overthink it; I just raised my shield. My go-to defense was, “I know… Continue reading
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The Architecture of a Thousand Dreams
What’s your biggest dream? I am living my dream. My next dream is building the door so others can walk in too—stacking it high with the stories, histories, and pages that shaped me, then pushing open a pair of heavy… Continue reading
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The Kitchen Broadcast System
Which outdated technology do you miss the most, and why? Like most Saturday mornings in the 1980s, I sat cross-legged in front of the television, completely mesmerized by The Jetsons. I couldn’t wait for the future. Flying cars, video calls,… Continue reading
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The Five-Dollar Discovery
What is the best purchase you have ever made? White chalk across the top read “$5.” At first glance, that was all there was to see. The resale shop was an old house where every room held collections that had… Continue reading
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Table for Two, Suspect for One
Rain had turned traffic into a slow-moving river of brake lights, but I arrived at the restaurant damp and exactly on time. I had just settled into the warm booth, with the scent of garlic drifting from the kitchen, when… Continue reading
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The Teacher Beneath My Feet
If someone had asked me yesterday which animal I’d want to be, I probably would have answered a panda. Peaceful. Unhurried. Completely unbothered. I’ve watched them fall out of trees, tumble down hills, and lose their balance more times than… Continue reading
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Ordinary, On Purpose
What’s one habit that has improved your life the most? Where the sea met a rugged coastline and fog often blurred the line between sea and sky, a lighthouse keeper began each evening the same way. He climbed a narrow… Continue reading
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