The
STUFF Of Life Writer Cajsa Lilliehook Photographer Zazie
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hat piece of shale on the side table is not just a stone; it is a round trip ticket to Cayuga Lake and the joy of learning to water-ski. That conch is more than the shell of a sea snail; it is a link in a chain of memories going back to a honeymoon in Barbados generations ago. That book on the shelf is a story shared about a mother, a daughter and a long-gone grandmother. This is what we call stuff, a humble word, but pregnant with meaning and memory. This is the stuff of life, the little pieces of memory that make our homes into a living history of us.