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Why I'll Always Love Clotheslines

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Why I'll Always Love Clotheslines

For one writer, a clothesline is a reminder of her childhood, her faraway family, and a sense of freedom now lost.

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11 Design Experts Share the Meaning Behind Their Cherished Objects

From family history to cultural storytelling and racial identity.

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Why I Spent Two Decades Looking for a Little Blue Alarm Clock

I thought it would bring back memories. I didn’t know it would help me reclaim a sense of home.

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The Rustic Kitchen Tool That Connects Me to My Mother's Cooking

For decades, I savored Aai's best dishes. Now I look to my own kitchen, and mortar and pestle, to shape mine.

Why I’ve Spent 15 Years Stocking Up These French Kitchen Towels

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Why I’ve Spent 15 Years Stocking Up These French Kitchen Towels

I used to travel to find them—now they go everywhere I go.

by: Gary Schiro|February  6, 2020
How 12 Mismatched Silver Spoons Taught Me the Meaning of Home

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How 12 Mismatched Silver Spoons Taught Me the Meaning of Home

Through three homesick years in New York, I learned that the better days always start with coffee and quiet time—and one of Gigi's silver spoons.

by: Kelsey Burrow|January 30, 2020
The Fractured Reality of My Uncle's Emerald City

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The Fractured Reality of My Uncle's Emerald City

In 1988, my great uncle settled with the state of New Jersey for north of 12 million dollars. Here's what happened after.

by: Max McDonough|January 23, 2020
I've Moved 7 Times, but I've Never Left Behind These Chicken Chairs

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I've Moved 7 Times, but I've Never Left Behind These Chicken Chairs

Sometimes a chair is just a chair. But for columnist Eric Kim, it's a reminder of his brother, who helped carry him through the roughest patches in his life.

by: Eric Kim|January 16, 2020

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