• one green pinwheel. top? plastic junk either way.
• one red flashlight. it does not work. i'm accepting that.
• one film camera. nice in its day.
• two allen wrenches. ubiquitous before ikea?

• a bag of ikea hardware. slightly worrisome when there are leftover screws.
• an origami crane. clearly replaceable.
• a strip of black fabric. possibly a witch costume remnant.
• a pair of black socks. the only uncomfortable black socks from a curated collection. also the only ones not stolen by my progeny.
• a large bunch of dried oregano. oregano is sadly underrepresented in our diet.

one cosmetics case with a broken zipper. filled with:
three pipe cleaners.
two cloth flowers.
a broken ring.
two rubber bands.
a pencil.
two candy wrappers.
a pencil sharpener.
a peer counseling guide. all snuck into the garbage while my daughter wasn't looking.

• one piece kid art. sweet, but not memorable.
• two magnets. useful, but not pretty.
• two. more. rocks. i am not making this up.

• spray nozzle. ancient work-related gear that i would like to forget about.
• a mop/broom hook bracket. maybe if i keep it for another five years i will install it. ha.
• an orange plastic bracelet. if it ends up in the dryer it is mine.
• a 'jewel'. ditto.
• a badge featuring a chipmunk. beaver? hedgehog? i left my glasses in the other room.

• nine rocks. i could devote an entire blog to the rocks.
• a flamboyant green purse. which seemed possible in p.r. but isn't in portland.

• a pile of red felt. yeah, that project is going nowhere.
• one mac laptop. old faithful. then not.
• two polar bear place mats. reality trumps sentimentality.
• one magnet. save the date for a date long past.