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Parking lot trash and other accessories

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Finding a delightful vintage scarf in a Hobby Lobby parking lot...and keeping it for later

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Rachael Ahrens Tolbert
Jan 03, 2024
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My parents were strict about picking up found items and keeping them. To touch something on the ground that wasn’t yours, however fascinating, was strongly discouraged on the basis of some non-specific but definitely lethal exposure. Living on a farm, these rules were likely designed to keep me from electrocuting, infecting, stabbing, burning, or poison…

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