Thinking back to how plans were made before cell phones (the regular “dumb” kind), I’m often surprised that today’s technology actually makes the process feel more cumbersome and drawn out. Plans used to be simple: Make plan. Call friend(s) and…
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The Fault in Default
According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, the word default comes from de, meaning “of” or “from”, and the French verb faillir meaning “to fail”. The top definitions for default, as both a noun and a verb, all have to do with failing to…
Collections Part II: Matryoshkas
I went to Russia when I was 17 as part of an exchange program. Among other things, I learned about matryoshkas (nesting dolls) and quickly became obsessed with them. The end result was a collection that started and ended during…
Collections: The Glass Menagerie
Along with the clutter at my mom’s house, I came across a couple beloved childhood collections: matryoshkas (Russian nesting dolls) and glass animals. Years earlier, in a fit of purging, I had emphatically told my mother to just get rid…