As Alexandra was leaving for school I handed her her library book that was due. She let the back cover fall open and I heard her ask,
"What's this?"
She stood looking with curiosity at an old checkout card tucked into a pocket.
Quickly, I explained how libraries worked in the old days, and all the while I was thinking how quickly times change. How something that seemed so ordinary - like a library checkout card - had become extinct sometime between my childhood and hers.
A moment later, Lorelai walked in.
"What's that?" she asked.
Take two.
