Well, so what if the stuff arrived at the end of January - it was worth the wait. Photo (click to enlarge, per usual) shows most of the goods - Nome-roasted coffee and vanilla-oatmeal soap(!) from some MN operation, for starters.
And then the handmade stuff: a Christmas ornament (featuring some sort of Nome beach-rock hanging from the bottom; a crocheted (I think) something-or-other type of wash cloth; and, finally, the pièce de résistance : "I knew this place" - a hand-made book featuring a series of photos from EJ Gales's St. Joe hill-farm. Most of the photos were taken in recent years by Carol or Jim; others photos date back to my childhood, or all the way back to EM Gales's childhood - yes, this is effective. A vibrant farmhouse to a deteriorated relic (and now burnt down) over the course of, say, 100 years? Many, many memories for me - "place" mattered. This book required a lot of work - what a fine gift. My only concern with the book relates to the cover - it is a fabric intended to evoke the farmer's favorite outfit, the "overall" - great idea perfectly suited to the theme - but if I handle the book too much (a genuine risk), will fingerprints start to show?
One more gift box still to come, we understand.
Definitely a great sibling-gift; I've received a number of fine ones; actually had started a post over at this soon-to-be-revived website on some old-school games etc. received at Christmas from CCG a year or two back.
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