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streets with names that mean nothing to you
This evening I had the pleasure of driving up to the 4400 block of Germantown Ave. to take a photo of a Nicetown mural. For some reason they painted the thing behind a tree, but other than that, the light and atmosphere were nice.
But that’s not what I’m here to write about. This evening, I’d like to get all bloggy and personal and let you know a little about myself. Why? Because today I learned something about myself. Something I never knew before. Actually that’s not true, but it does read with more drama.
But anyway, at the 4500 block of G-Town Ave. is Wayne Junction station and the unofficial border with Germantown. A few blocks on, on the 4900 block is the intersection of Germantown and Logan. Since I was in the neighborhood, I made a left and a quick right onto Royal Street. I drove slowly down the block-long street to a large white twin. The rest of the block was rowhomes. I’d only seen the house a couple times, but I’m pretty sure it was the right one. If it was the right one, it’s the house where I spent the first 6 months of my life.
At the tender age of half, a year my family moved 5 blocks farther Northwest to the 5400 block of Greene Street. I lived there for the next 11 years. I’d be lying if I didn’t say the Royal Street house was familiar. I’d also be lying if I said it had any reason to be familiar. I spent my infancy there and saw it briefly a couple of times after that. I’m not even sure I was looking at the right house… but at the same time, I’m as certain as I can be. All in all, this means little to you, me or anyone really.
What it does do is touch on some bit of significance that humans tend hold dear. Memory and home are powerful things… I guess.
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