Money’s been on my mind lately, brought into focus today because I filed this year’s tax return for my creative writing income.

Hooo boy.

Detail from Death and the Miser by Hieronyous Bosch.
Image shows an old man reaching for a big bag of gold coins he keeps hidden in a chest. The bony gentleman in the winding sheet is at the door. You can’t take it with you, folks, but all the same, you don’t want to run out before you die…

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