The Lesson of the Clothespin: Refusing to Discard the Broken Things in a Throwaway Culture

love was temporary. He expected to be discarded the moment he became inconvenient.

He was a product of a plastic-clothespin world, waiting to be thrown away.

I looked at the “Indestructible” toy in the trash bag. Then I looked at the 1960s clothespin in my hand. That old piece of wood had survived storms, scorching heat, and freezing winters. Not because continue reading …