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Heather Havrilesky
Jul 23, 2021
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A Medley of Flowers from Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope (1882) by Marianne North

Today I threw out seventeen tiny keys, saved for years, just in case. Over the course of two decades, I never once stumbled on a mysterious lock and went looking for a tiny key to open it. But every time I discovered the pile of keys inside their little drawer, I thought,

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