You Know That Thing that You’re Saving for a Special Occasion? Use It.

What are you waiting for?

Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day
Published in
4 min readApr 19, 2024

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Two ornate teacups with gold filigree, one nested inside the other, sitting on two matching saucers.
Photo by Haley Parson on Unsplash

My wife and I collect a particular brand of china. It’s by a company called Fire King that was popular in mid-century America before the company got bought out by Anchor Hocking. The china itself is white milk glass with gold edging and a swirl pattern.

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Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day

I write about everything from my experience with mental illness to politics to philosophy. Much of my so-called "wisdom" is from Tumblr dot com. He/him/his.