“Have a good 50 years, now,” I whispered [to the young Kiwi as I let it go into the bush], “Have a really good 50 years.” It's a heck of a closer for an essay but I didn't really say that, did i? Heck yes I did—and here is video proof. Totally unplanned and totally on point.

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Nine inches of bronze, bent in a long shallow curve. Korean, made sometime between 918 and 1392, during the Goryeo dynasty. The handle doesn't end in a point. It splits, like the tail of a fish. Spoons like this are the single most common object found in Goryeo graves.

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Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye. Ther ys no part of thee that evir koude be wrong.

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Eleven marble sculptures reportedly came out of a single huge storage jar in Anatolia. Six were portrait busts, three men and three women. The faces repeat. The same man carved three times, the same woman three times. This is one of hers. 13 inches tall.

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Night night sweet dreamies Please don't let life take your smile away.

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