Sunday, November 29, 2015


  • one pair of fleece pants. they didn't fit well at the best of times.
  • one pair of board shorts. which did fit well at the best of times.
  • one purse. well-loved. well-used.
  • one more curtain tie-back. such superfluousness.
  • two children's magazines. makes me slightly sad. likely the result of post-thanksgiving carb loading.

Friday, November 27, 2015


  • two manuals. to equipment that is gone, long gone.
  • one necklace. provenance and current owner unknown.
  • one more cord. they breed.
  • one balloon. these no longer show up with much frequency, now that the littles are large.

Thursday, November 26, 2015


  • lack of confidence.
  • need for perfection.
  • extra work.
  • self-doubt.
  • anxiety. thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 25, 2015


  • the last dvd. sigh of relief.
  • a pair of snowboarding boots. the giant outside belies the too-small interior.
  • three tubes flavored lip balm. blech.

Monday, November 23, 2015


  • another key. what would it unlock?
  • a curtain tie-back. superfluous.
  • a printer software disc. i'm almost free of discs, forever.
  • an ink cartridge. i know i am supposed to recycle these, but sometimes...
  • a shirt. shrunken intentionally, but not successfully.

Sunday, November 22, 2015


  • one power cord. gleefully tossing things i may later need.
  • four tiny pencils. as a child i would break new pencils to make these.
  • a plastic tray. possibly part of a printer. not an important part, apparently.
  • four parts of a toy. that we no longer own.
  • two pencil cap erasers. which are useful but somehow irritating.

Saturday, November 21, 2015


  • about a million pieces of paper. i hate paper so much that i accumulate a lot of it. which does not make me like it any better.

Friday, November 20, 2015


  • two small pencils. shorties with no erasers. so easy to indulge bias in a world full of pencils.
  • berry flavored lip balm. an abomination i may miss after the apocalypse.
  • a very thin round battery. possibly it would have powered a headlamp i will want to use in that apocalyptic aftermath.
  • a lipstick case. with a mirror! made of red leather! in italy! so pretty.

Thursday, November 19, 2015


  • a shower caddy. no place for this in my beautiful new bathroom.
  • an old electrical outlet. unknown to me this was replaced with a newer, better one.
  • all-day callous cushions. makes me hurt to look at the package.
  • a pad of green paper. which reminds me so much of a particular time.
  • a tiny bar of soap. because, how many?

Wednesday, November 18, 2015


  • a plastic checkbook cover. does anyone use these anymore?
  • a plastic knife. that used to be attached to a plastic knife and plastic fork.
  • a plastic cup. long unused.
  • a plastic ruler. ditto.
  • a giant plastic bag. a curse on plastic!

Tuesday, November 17, 2015


  • a grater with a handle. less handy than anticipated.
  • a glass lid. i almost remember what this used to cover.
  • a plastic lid. i remember the bowl it once covered, but not its fate.
  • a truly terrible strainer. life will be more beautiful without this in it.
  • a truly terrible plastic cup. life will be more elegant without this in it.

Monday, November 16, 2015


  • one green wooden drawer. new bathroom. new drawers.
  • one boot insert. no boot.
  • two gloves. one torn glove leaves another useless glove.
  • seven light bulbs. solving the mystery of the buzzing switch.

Saturday, November 14, 2015


  • two bottles medication. one human, one lizard.
  • one plastic... something. which once had name and purpose.
  • a pack of stickers. purchase date: early childhood.
  • a piece of ribbon. too short, too short.
  • a yellow marker. always the one unused.
  • a tiny yellow plastic cup. used quite a bit.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015


  • one aquarium.
  • an aquarium thermometer.
  • one water dish that looks like a truncated rock.
  • two wood limbs. for climbing.
  • one fake hollow rock. for hiding.
  • a heat lamp.
  • a heating pad.
  • my sorrow over the loss of a beloved pet. i hope.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015


  • a tub of mealworms.
  • a tub of wax worms.
  • a bottle of water conditioner.
  • a jar of calcium powder.
  • our lovely lizard. amelia.

Monday, November 9, 2015


  • one orange sweater. sadly unflattering.
  • one sports helmet. for a very tiny head.
  • a rock. obsidian, but still a rock.
  • a tube of fizzy rehydration formula. that tastes like grape cough syrup.
  • a pdx carpet jack o'lantern. yes, we did.

Sunday, November 8, 2015


  • one shirt. which definitely fit when in the store.
  • a drill. no longer spins.
  • the suitcase the drill lived in. a horrific amount of plastic.
  • a tiny boa. very pink.
  • a cord. one of those it always seems ill-advised to toss.

Saturday, November 7, 2015


  • ten brown paper grocery bags. recycle is as good as reuse, right?

Friday, November 6, 2015


  • two keys. to a door i plan to throw away soon.
  • three tiny rubber things. for bottles. or decoration. or something.

Thursday, November 5, 2015


  • five single socks. whose pairs will appear minutes after the garbage truck has departed.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015


  • one stick of deodorant. which i hate but am, inexplicably, still using.
  • one ugly orange vase. enough said.
  • an eyeglasses case. nothing nice about it.
  • a pencil sharpener. one of dozens.
  • an old packet of cucumber seeds. it's oddly difficult to throw away the seeds i've failed to plant.

Monday, November 2, 2015


  • five more books. there are always five more books.

Sunday, November 1, 2015


  • a popsicle stick sculpture. or at least structure.
  • a tube of mascara. masquerading as a marker and hiding among the pens.
  • two rocks. yes, friends, more rocks.
  • a box of junior mints. i really love junior mints.

Friday, October 30, 2015


  • two polishing pads. i think i used to own a polishing appliance of some sort.
  • one aquarium light. i must have owned an aquarium at some point.
  • one aquarium thermometer. see above.
  • one package wire connectors. just say no to diy electrical work.

Thursday, October 29, 2015


  • four little soaps.
  • two little shampoos.
  • two little body lotions.
  • one little body wash. all gone to a food pantry. which can always use non-food items.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015


  • seventeen items of clothing. not actually my clothes, but they might have lingered for years. i claim the victory of eradication.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015


  • a magazine. i only read these when i buy them at the grocery store, never when they come to my house.
  • 5/6 of a black rubber box. associated with electricity?
  • a package of page protectors. which we must have needed at least one of at some point.
  • two pieces of art. it speaks to you, then sometimes it does not.

Monday, October 26, 2015

  • the instruction manual. to the kiln i got rid of last week.
  • an attachment. to the vacuum i threw away two weeks ago.
  • an ikea catalog. bought the sink a month ago.
  • a coil of weatherseal. which i gave up on last year.
  • a pair of pants. which have never gone with anything, ever.

Sunday, October 25, 2015


  • two vent elbows. just the kind of thing you might find a use for two weeks after throwing it away. or not.
  • a mug. just a hairline crack, but we know where this is leading.
  • a pair of gardening gloves. too small, very stiff. they might encourage you to rethink weeding altogether.
  • the lid to a candle. i don't get it either.

Saturday, October 24, 2015


  • one skirt. so similar to another one i own. how does this happen?
  • one sweater. which i l o v e love and still don't wear.
  • three shirts. boom.

Friday, October 23, 2015


  • five more books. filling the tiny free neighborhood library. a portland thing i love.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015


  • one very nice sweatshirt. not that sweatshirts are generally flattering, but.
  • a pair of ski boots. that fit someone in this house several years ago.
  • gooey rubber window climber toy. throwing this away meant touching it.
  • jar that was once a snow globe. but is not now.
  • strap that once attached something to something. else.

Saturday, October 17, 2015


  • the kiln. just one, but it was a doozy.

Thursday, October 15, 2015


  • used ink cartridges. i'm sorry, earth.
  • a broken cell phone case. still sorry.
  • the box my iphone came in. really, really sorry.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015


  • five lice-killing compounds. ever the optimist.

Monday, October 12, 2015


  • one tiny archeologist's brush. used to uncover one tiny terra-cotta warrior.
  • four books. the books we love are precious until one day they just aren't.

Sunday, October 11, 2015


  • six dvds. i'm not entirely sure what dvd stands for.