Not fishing but waving

[tamaranth]

We received the new GoodGifts catalogue the other day. It's full of fab things (and if anyone feels like getting me a gift for any reason, the list below is a good starting point!)

They've added a wishlist option, too, though it works rather oddly: a PDF of selected items (from a selection that doesn't quite match the actual catalogue) and a wishlist reference -- WL1369 -- to be typed in online order form's comments box, or quoted on a phone order).

I'm off to Plymouth tomorrow, and taking the catalogue with me -- hopefully I can persuade my sister that I'd rather have something ethical than more Tat.*



Brain Cell (one can never have too many, and Parkinson's Disease in particular is a research goal close to my heart)

Two Mangrove Seedlings
Clear 10 square metres of minefield
A quarter acre of swamp
An acre of rainforest
A meadow of spring flowers
A Bluebell Wood

Women's Literacy
Fishwife's Business (for anyone who thinks I can be a little ... strident)

Classical Music

A Cat For Comfort (food and vet bills for an elderly person's pet)
Retire a Donkey
Protect a Penguin
Prize Bull Semen (sorry, couldn't resist. "It's not for me, it's for a friend.")
Herbs for Lions
Feed a Homeless Rat (Most of the rats I know have homes, not to mention LiveJournals)
Let Sleeping Sloths Lie


* Regular readers will recall the bronze fairy sculpture; the cat-picture made with real fur; the glittery fridge-magnets; the blingy watch ...

Comments

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

So not a magnum of pink fizz, then? OK, fair enough...

[ajshepherd.livejournal.com]

Penguins in little woolly jumpers!

Terrific!

[pingopark.livejournal.com]

I bought Jim some sloths for Christmas last year, although they were in Costa Rica I think and the gift was slightly different from this year, but with essentially the same idea.

Much better than tat any day, and they take up less space.

[jhaelan.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the heads up

[reverendjim.livejournal.com]

I'll bring them home one day.

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Plant Bagpipe Seedlings! Woo. If only they had melodeon seedlings!

[pingopark.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure they'd want to live in Selhurst.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Does anyone?

[margotmetroland.livejournal.com]

Have you made plans for the Birthday?

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

'All magnums of pink fizz must be accompanied by appropriate quantity of replacement braincells'

But in your case I might make an exception!

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

Much better than tat any day, and they take up less space.

Exactly. Anyway, I've had two major bouts of tat-clearance in the last 18 months: it would be a shame to revert.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

My social secretary will be in touch!