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“Ops, the two sides aren’t exactly the same. Wabi sabi!”

So *points out tiny hole in the new rice paper lantern*

“Oh well! Wabi sabi!”

Ma *shows google image searched picture of gourd — the inspiration for a future ceramic object she plans to place in the garden next to the real ones*

“A decoy?”

Pa: Which one did you go to?

Ma: The old one.

Pa: You like that one.

Ma: The people are *really weird* there. But it’s fun. They interact with you… [tells a few encounters that end in her and the stranger laughing out loud in the store]

So: Like going to the nuthouse.

M: We have to figure out what to do with it soon though, it’ll get ruined the moment it rains.

S: 😑

M: You just made the face your mom makes when someone says something practical and she doesn’t like it.

A: What’s wrong with that?

S: You know...a lot of people don’t like the smell of fish in the office

When you’re stuck, you throw everything at it.

You know the story of the man who was stuck and had to cut off his arm? It’s like that, you usually have to give something up you’re used to having to get unstuck.”