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

fix the rug. Or we can live with a frayed rug. But I’m not going anywhere.”

The viral moment happened a week later.

I hadn’t planned it. I didn’t even have a TikTok account.

It was Sunday morning. A delivery truck had backfired loudly right in front of the house. Gable, triggered by the explosion-like sound, panicked. He bolted out the front door—I had continue reading …