The wooden aisle is one of the first aisles I visit at the thrift stores. Sometimes, it seems like a dumping ground for 1980s geese shelf sitters and wooden shelves adorned with heart cutouts. But if ...

Some of my most distinct memories as a child were out on the ice with my dad, standing on a frozen lake, bundled up in my warmest gear and daydreaming about the world of possibilities under my feet.