Hoard Explorer

I typically don’t throw out medicine that I’ve been prescribed. Even if I no longer need it, even if it has expired, I put it in the plastic zipper bag I have set aside for such an occasion. It’s not a cherished possession, and I probably wouldn’t care if it disappeared. But I don’t want to throw it away. Sometimes I need some old muscle relaxers if my herniated disc acts up and it’s nice to know it’s there if I need it. I remember the first time I ever had a back attack, on a road trip bac /episode/index/show/hoardexplorer/id/29310808

A hand-thrown ceramic vase, titled and signed by the potter.

In 2015, at my mom’s house in Napa, I recorded myself while digging through some boxes of ephemera from The Hoard. The main Hoard, the motherlode, the deep cuts. This was a completely extemporaneous “first episode” of a podcast memoir concept I had been noodling on for months. I had planned on literally burning with fire the contents of each box after reviewing each bit in turn, describing and reminiscing and then incrementally ceremonially disposing of a lifetime’s collection of cherished worthl /episode/index/show/hoardexplorer/id/29310818

An arrangement of things from the former Table of Wonders for the purposes of divination.

A tall ceramic penguin in my backyard.

A handful of pointless audio clips from my digital archive.

Two large densely-packed tubs of miscellaneous fabric.

A heavy mirror in weathered frame purchased at the cat store.

Perfect little handmade demitasse made by flawless hands in dreamtown.

A hand carved hardwood sculpture of a quail.

A stack of various sized empty boxes situated in the middle of my basement.

A long grey scarf made of heathered jersey and printed with heads designed by Oswaldo Guayasamín.

A mint condition Game Stop exclusive edition of the Bojack Horseman Monopoly boardgame, including collectible tokens.

A small mismatched pair of ceramic plates probably bought sometime on a road trip to Montreal in 2016.

A small terracotta vessel handmade by a family of potters in a village outside Bundi, India.

A carved saltrock turtle from the Wieliczka Salt Mine outside Kraków, Poland

A final attempt at a first attempt to explore the ephemeral hoard.

Another attempt at a first attempt to explore the ephemeral hoard.

A first attempt to explore the ephemeral hoard.

A delicate glass skeleton from the vast darkness of the deep sea.

A strikingly ugly figurine with tufts of yellow hair.

An old Japanese creamer shaped like a blue pug.

A pair of vintage wood dumbbells purchased from the Modern Antiquarium in Healdsburg CA sometime between 2015 and 2019.