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Meat tokens in a ration booklet.

Ration Booklets and a Family Connection

Objects do hold stories and memories. They are not simply clutter.

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Oh no – mutant objects!

How our everyday things morph into objects of memory and become subjects of strong emotions.

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A photo of a white ceramic bird.

Stories of things are our stories

Our things also carry our memories and lessons.

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A photo of a china plate with Acadia University on it.

Going down the rabbit hole with a plate

Update on a thrift store find: a vintage china plate with a scene from my university, starts a hunt to learn more about the item and Acadia.

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A photo of a plastic doll that is wearing a blue t-shirt.

Objects as emotions – stories of things

As I sit here, holding the doll and making that difficult decision to let go of a small part of my sons’ childhood, one memory grips me.

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Value in our objects – custodians, or curators, of our things

We should be thinking of ourselves as custodians, or curators, of our things. Not every “thing” is a piece of consumer waste.

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