I Thought the White String in My Egg Was Something Dangerous—The Truth Completely Surprised Me

than it should have been after two weeks away. I flipped on the light switch. Nothing happened. I flipped it again. Still nothing.

Then I looked up.

A dark stain spread across the ceiling like a bruise, centered around a small, persistent drip. Water. Not condensation. Not humidity. A leak. Something had been dripping for days, maybe weeks, slowly ruining continue reading …