This week on LWON we dug into the archives and appreciated things. Things. Stuff. The material objects that surround us and give us something to look at, or use, or remember people by.
We kicked off the week with Former Person of LWoN Tom Hayden singing the praises of all sorts of not-very-impressive-technology that gets the job done.
No one grieves for a paper clip…except guest poster Nell Greenfieldboyce, who wrote with beauty and grace about finding office supplies on the sidewalk.
Helen has a lot of tea towels. A lot. Want to know why? Read on.
Guest poster Anne Sasso’s calculator keeps going…and going…and going, long beyond what one might expect to be its natural life.
Ann wrote about a wonderful, innovative, fascinating camera that people aren’t all that excited about anymore.
Photo: liz west