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There is a plow leaning against a shed near where I grew up, and the part that catches the light is a curved steel surface about the size of…
Maya Linton
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The little hinged metal box screwed to the wall beside my grandparents' stove was always described to me as a match holder, which made it sound like a convenience.…
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There was a rotary egg beater in the drawer of every kitchen I was ever in as a child, and I never once thought about it. You turned…
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The first desks I sat at had a round hole in the top right corner with nothing in it. Nobody explained the hole. It was simply a feature…
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There is a small glass dish on a shelf at my grandmother's with four hat pins in it, and the first time I picked one up I put…
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The only springhouse I have been inside was being used to store flowerpots, and it was so cold that I went back out for a jacket in August.…