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A writer trapped in the body of a different writer.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Change Is Good

A vivid memory of childhood is at a neighbor's house in Georgetown. In their father's closet was a wooden basket filled with spare change. Every day after work he emptied his pockets into the basket.

In my mind, he would periodically exchange the baskets for large piles of money, with which he would arrange lavish vacations and parties for his family.

I'm not sure if that was true or not, but to this day I keep a pretty firm grasp of my spare change. The drive side door of my Volkswagen is known as the Penny Door.

I emptied it recently and my own containers, a brass genie lamp and a ceramic jar from the asian market, are both overflowing. I look forward to the lavish parties that will result from this change.

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