i wonder
what happened
at the train station
coming or going
to cause someone
to leave
what once filled their suitcase
behind.
—
“the present changes the past.
looking back you do not find what you left behind.”
*kiran desai
*Kiran Desai is an Indian author whose novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 “most influential” global Indian women.
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
a case for Sister Boniface perhaps ? I’m watching her now :)
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is that a show? is she a nun/detective?
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yes, it’s on the ABC in Australia; sadly it only lasted one season
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too bad, and I’ll bet she would have figured it out
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An unnoticed spillage perhaps. I hope it wasn’t a sad accident
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I agree and hope not, too
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🥹🫶🏼
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I love that quote by that indian author! Very good one!
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it is a good one –
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My urban environment influences my vision now and then. My first thought was that a thief picked that spot to riffle through a stolen suitcase, taking the ‘good stuff’ and leaving the ‘undesirables’ on the ground.
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that could very well be
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I agree with shoreacres. A stolen suitcase, the unwanted items dumped.
Best wishes, Pete.
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ah, that could very well be it –
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We will never know, but one wonders….
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Fascinating mystery!
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my hope is that is just fell out of somewhere
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Like a small aircraft!? Did you check for ground indentations that reminded you or pasty? 😊
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no idea )
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Love that quote, too.
Since it’s at a train station, it’s not a question of weight so it could be anything!
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right –
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Wondering… hope no one was hurt.
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I agree. after reading my responses, it makes sense that a couple of people suggested that someone stole a suitcase and only kept what they wanted.
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Desai—what a wonderful woman and quote! I love how you see things, Beth, and capture life with perfect quotes. Could you imagine the stories we could all share with what was “left behind”? 💛
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oh, so many. thank you
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You’re welcome 💛 please take care!!
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Strange things indeed…
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an odd circumstance
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Unseen zipper mishap, perhaps, Beth?
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perhaps!
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Great quote.
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it’s a good one –
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Yep. There is certainly a story there.
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no doubt about it
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Love a good mystery.
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Oh, me too
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Perhaps they needed room in their cases for something more valuable, and profitable.
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Ah-
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True
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❤️
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After a moment of puzzling, I reached the same conclusion as shoreacres. It’s where a thief rifled through a stolen bag.
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Seems to make the most sense
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I was thinking how my memories are not just recorded in photos but remembered THROUGH the photos. That’s a little troubling.
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It is –
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History will remember us through our litter.
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it will
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A kidnapping went badly after the discovery that no ransom money was in the suitcase.
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ah!
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I wonder, too.
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I hope all is okay
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🙂
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Oh, the delightful mystery. A perfect writing prompt in that one, Beth…
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Life happens
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His wife found out about his girlfriend and met him at the train…where she left him and his stuff.
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very possible
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Fabulous post. I love this quote.
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thanks, Ali
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Bed bugs?
I mean if my hotel had bed bugs, I’d toss the works!
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I don’t know, but that is a possibility
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