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

is a solitary one. I matched with Sarah because her profile said she liked “authenticity” and “hiking.”

We met for coffee. She was beautiful, smart, and held her phone in her hand the entire time, her thumb hovering over the screen even as she looked at me.

“So,” she said, scrolling through her feed while I stirred my black coffee. “You have a rescue continue reading …