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“American Pickers,” the reality show that thrives on collectibles, filmed the episode “Louisiana Purchase” there, in 2013.Ĭrammed with more than 50,000 pieces of incongruously displayed folk art, found objects, and silly inventions, UCM resembles Louisiana itself with vignettes of Southern life, timeworn memorabilia, and hand-cranked devices draped with Spanish moss and accented with garish fleur de lis. “Then we can all go to the UCM.”Īh, the UCM, the Unusual Collections and Mini-town, the “You-See-Em.” Also known as the Abita Mystery House, it’s stuffed with stuff. “We can have lunch at the brew pub,” Rob said. She suggested a trip to Abita Springs, a small town 40 miles north of New Orleans, known for its outdoorsy lifestyle, spring water, and brewery. I think they’d enjoy each other’s company.” They’re well-educated, well-traveled, and love good food. They see-eh, wrong word-they perceive life similarly. “Gloria and Chase have found their way through life quite well. After all, Rob reasoned, don’t the blind need help finding each other? The magic of God.Ībby and Rob had fixed them up. Stuff that seeps into-and out of-your soul through lips, ears, nose, and toes.īut if the blind daters are blind-as Gloria and Chase were-unseen stuff is the glue of life. Stuff that gets crammed into a life lived to its fullest. If a blind date had eyes, it might see stuff that could not, or should not, be seen.

Perhaps there is, especially in a life that is already brimful.

ABITA SPRINGS MYSTERY HOUSE DARRELL FULL

Isn’t that paradoxical? After all, isn’t full full?Ĭome to think of it, though, isn’t there always room for more stuff? What does “life lived to its fullest” mean?

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