Maybe I’m unusual, but since I was young, when I’ve seen a jar of buttons, I wondered about the stories the buttons would tell if they could. Each kind of button tells a story about what garment it was once sewn onto, who wore that garment, and where they wore it to. Some are so soft and delicate, some are hard and cold. They can be plastic, metal, bone, leather. I bought some metal military jacket buttons on a trip to China. They’re not very friendly, but they’re wonderfully interesting.