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

reps? This is a pill. One a day. Problem solved.”

Flatten his affect.

The phrase hit me like the snap of that cheap pine clothespin.

“I’m not turning my dog into a zombie so my neighbors don’t have to hear a bark once a day,” I said, standing up.

“It’s the compassionate choice,” the vet called after me as I walked out. “Suffering is unnecessary when we continue reading …