If you think the Labubu trend is weird, wait until you hear about the Pet Rock craze from the mid-1970s. Created in 1975 by advertising executive Gary Dahl, the Pet Rock was literally a smooth stone packaged in a little cardboard “pet carrier” complete with air holes and a humorous instruction manual. Dahl pitched it as the perfect pet — no... See more
Long ago, a stone felt a tingle on its skin. Moss.
A new feeling. A green feeling.
The granite spoke of ages in the heat of deep Earth.
The moss sang the taste of sunlight and the softness of salamander bellies.
They named one... See more