A washboard tie

A tea set

A turntable with USB port, so I can turn my Willie Loco Alexander records into mp3s

An oil-free, hot-airblown popcorn popper

And stuff I choose not to write about here.

Back to school for both girls and wife tomorrow. The stay-at-home vacation is officially over, and the stay-at-home work recommences.

With regular breaks to make popcorn, play records, drink tea and swipe a thimble across an accordion-pleated piece of metal hanging from my chin.

New Year’s resolutions for this website include doubling the number of daily posts, increasing both the fiction and non-fiction elements, making deadlines with the almanack, and start publishing some of it to Kindle. All right with you?