A Penny for your Thoughts
Several years ago I found myself digging through a glass front bookcase in an old junk shop that had been closed up for many years. I remembered the funky old junk shop from my youth and had always wondered why it was still there with the shades drawn, seemingly abandoned and locked up tight. And then one day while visiting the shop across the street I noticed that the door was open and there was someone inside! I promptly left the shop I was in, crossed the street and eagerly entered the old junk shop that suddenly showed signs of life! To my surprise there was a gentleman there who was selling the contents of the shop. He informed me that he had come from Montana to help liquidate "the treasures" in his aunt's shop to get it ready to rent out. She was very old and frail and not long for this world. I imagine she got too old to run the shop but couldn't bear to part with her treasures and so she locked the door all those years ago leaving eve...