Everything you can see is interesting in and of itself. A melted candle. The dent in the couch cushion. A book called I’ll Sell You a Dog. The stapler.
Some things are interesting because of what we know about them. The clock that hung on the wall in my mother’s house. The only boots that don’t leak. The doormat from Nevada. The cat food that is almost gone.
A whole lot of things become more interesting because of where they happen to be, or what they have landed next to. The shoe on the desk. The spider in the shower. The bright yellow napkin on the doorstep. A ten-penny nail in the coffee cup. Continue…