“A routine would be too much like work, and I don't really like to work, even though I work a great deal. All the things I do that might be considered work are really a form of play.” – Jamaica Kincaid
A Totally Meta Birthday Present
Do you remember what presents you got for your last birthday? I do. Maybe. But my guess is that a little girl by the name of Annie Ide (daughter of the US Commissioner to Samoa, Henry Clay Ide) probably remembered one specific present until the day she died.
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