“After clearing security at the airport, did you
remove from the bin your belt, your loose change, the necklace that initially
set off the alarm and resulted in your having to step aside to be patted down,
your laptop, your folding umbrella, your empty thermos, your jacket, your
sweater, your beret, your purse, and the brooch that may have contributed to
the necklace’s having set off the alarm that subsequently resulted in your
being patted down, forgetting one shoe?” —American short-story writer Ann
Beattie, with nearly 25 questions to help “How to Think Through Finding a Lost Shoe,” The
New Yorker, Oct. 8, 2018
