A partial list of broken things
Broken/reimagined. Photo by Kelly McCrimmon on Unsplash Here is a partial list of items in my life that broke in the last month: the trunks of two handmade wooden elephants (after my child threw them mid-tantrum) a couple tips off our artificial Christmas tree (which is only a couple years old) my Kindle power button (fixed by percussive maintenance!) my routine (ok, that may have always been a fantasy) a Lenox serving bowl (I dropped it during Thanksgiving hosting) my car key fob (not cool when the battery dies in the middle of the Safeway parking lot) the necks of three little mice (summarily dispatched for coming in from the cold and investigating our pantry) our doorbell (reasons unclear) my patience (with everyone and everything) the dry skin on the middle knuckle of my right-hand middle finger (shockingly, not from excessive use) my upper left tear duct (intermittently clogged and sore) the tire pressure sensor in our 2015 Camry (are we safe? Who knows?!) a full thi...
