Send us a text Hello my name is Ebeneezer Smith Thank you for staying with me.(mutters to himself) All right. Let’s see what kind of neighbors I’ve got. There is a set of plastic building bricks. There is a board game whose box I remember arguing over with my cousins. And in the “Comfort and Companions” section, a bear that looks suspiciously like something I once slept with every night until I was far too old to admit it. [SOUND: Footsteps slow.] And I admit this is the kind of atmosphere that does make you want to talk to yourself Well, hello there, middle-school emotional support system. Footsteps Everything is quiet. Ordinary. Almost disappointingly normal. Let me see - here is a gallery labeled: “American Playthings: 1940s–1960s.” A soft metallic… whisper. [SOUND: Very faint first shhhink… shhhink…] It has to be nothing. The building settling. A vent conductor rattling. The ghost of a shopping cart from the discount store next door. Support the show Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.
