Cabinets of Curiosity
In my mind’s eye, I see the child who spends each day bent to the task of combing through the sea of pea gravel on the playground until they find that tiny fossil they know is waiting to be discovered. Then there is the one who loves the pea gravel for its own sake, finding the odd-shaped stone or “just the dark ones,” and carefully depositing them in their pocket until their pick-up person arrives and they can delightedly share the day’s discoveries. Their motivation is the