🪙 When the Smallest Things Disappear, What Do We Lose?
The penny is about to be gone. Not just from our pockets, but from our language, our habits, our sense of scale. It vanished quietly, without ceremony—retired for costing more to make than it was worth. But when the smallest things disappear, what do we lose? We lose the comfort of rounding down. We lose the sound of coins in a jar. We lose the metaphor that once meant thrift, humility, and overlooked value. We lose the chance to say, “Here’s a penny for your thoughts,” and mean it literally. We lose the tiny rituals that made scarcity feel survivable. And maybe, just maybe, we lose a little bit of ourselves—the part that knew how to stretch, save, and savor the smallest things. a post inspired by the forthcoming book, No Pennies to Pinch (Franklin) See related posts HERE . Watch for precerpts (book excerpts prior to publication) of No Pennies to Pinch on Wednesdays. CONTACT editor@msipress.com FOR AN ADANCE REVIEW COPY MSI Press, a veteran-owned publi...