I then began admiring the plates, cutlery, and other knick-knacks on my kitchen table. They were all standard quality, obtained from various down-the-street retailers. Yet these “trinkets” would have been prized as things of great beauty in eras gone by.
So many things that we consider commonplace have only recently become so. Mirrors, mass market paperbacks, hot showers...the list is virtually endless.
Sure makes me appreciate the “frostiness” of my frosty mug.