There is an old Curiosity Shop in St. Andrews. This has been my second visit to St. Andrews, and I was happy to see this little shop again, as it was perhaps my fondest memory of my previous visit. The shop has very few things of value — mostly the little knick knacks and personal things of lives past — smoking pipes, salt and pepper shakers, lamps, cups and saucers, little musical instruments of every stripe, books, toys, wall hangings, framed photographs, and who knows what.<\/p>\n
Coming from the U.S., where the contents of such shops generally go back only decades, I am fascinated by its equivalent in an older culture. A shop like this is a kind of magical portal into past lives. Tucked somewhere in a corner I might discover some item or other from a previous century, nothing much in its own day, but now a thing of archaeological wonder.<\/p>\n
Grand castles and cathedrals are wonderful too, but if you’re looking for a time machine, nothing beats an old curiosity shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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