… for the frog-hatching kit that has yielded 21 healthy, fast-growing tadpoles that now require a 20-gallon tank to grow up in and are likely to live 10 years as hungry frogs. I mean it — thanks!

… the retirement of my longest-serving pair of bootlaces, which have graced every pair of Timberlands and Redwings I’ve had since 1978, when I purchased them – they are actually lengths of line – from a parachute-and-hang-gliding supply store in Stevenson, Md.

… blueberries, red onions, turmeric, paprika, red cabbage, coffee, spinach, and beets.