Storytelling Alchemist

Storytelling Alchemist

A Broken Object Holds a Whole Memory

Ramblings of a Storyteller #3

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J.D. Murgolo
Sep 03, 2025
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Some objects stay with us long after their usefulness has faded. A cracked mug. A worn-out book. A memory, half-faded, half-burning bright.

This Rambling of a Storyteller is about broken things that still hold warmth and why we choose to keep them close.

🪞 “Because the thing is…it still works. It still holds the coffee. It still cradles the morning. And it still holds me.”

Join me on the porch. Pull up a chair.

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