Found Objects
What Was Actually Wrong With the Toolbox on the Curb
It was sitting at the end of a driveway with a sign taped to the lid that said free, next to a box of extension cords and a broken fan, on a street I was...
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A Dollar’s Worth of Yardsticks at the Swap Meet
They were bundled with a rubber band that had gone brittle and snapped the moment I picked them up, seven wooden yardsticks…
The Wire Egg Basket That Rode Home in the Passenger Seat
It rode home in the passenger seat because I did not trust it in the trunk, which tells you more about how…
A Cracked Marble Slab That Used to Be Somebody’s Counter
The crack ran nearly the full length of the slab, a hairline that widened at one end into something you could almost…
A Wooden Shoe Form in a Bin of Odds and Ends
It was in a plastic bin near the back of the thrift store, the kind of bin that holds whatever does not…
The Box of Tins Nobody Wanted at the Estate Sale
Estate sales in the last hour are a specific kind of sad, tables half cleared, prices scrawled over in marker to something…
A Stone Doorstop and the Table Nobody Was Stopping At
The doorstop was carved to look like a dog with its paws tucked under its chin, the kind of shape that gets…