Antiques Stores Sell Trunks of Dreams

My nostalgia inhabits a footstool, evoking unknowable stories.

Photo by Jazmin Quaynor on Unsplash

I strolled into an antiques store one Sunday afternoon, on historic Walden Street in Concord, Massachusetts. It was a dreary day, and I wanted to escape my boredom.

This clunky wooden thing whisked me away, evoking a child’s school project of sorts. I picked it up and…