Lights are bright. Heaters are blowing.
Lots of yuletidey spirit at the dump these days.
Merry Christmas, Regulars!
Friday, December 21, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
CHRISTMAS ON CAPE COD
Merry Christmas season, everybody!
Come on down to the Gift House and drop off things to share with the town.
WORST LAMP IN THE WORLD
It takes a lot to impress me. And there seems to be an infinite amount of terrible light fixtures in existence. But this strange, peek-a-boo seductress on the lamp base combined with the AMAZING homemade shade -- seashells, beads, fur, feathers, fringe -- really makes this a truly one-of-a-kind awful work of art.
ELECTRIFIED MANGER
I was pretty excited when this homemade, electrified manger yesterday, after it was dropped off. Then my friend Helene saw it and said, "But a manger is not supposed to have an orange light bulb up at the ceiling."
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
WASN'T LAWRENCE WELK LITHUANIAN?
A trove of fantastic vinyl arrived today at the Gift House. Several boxes of jazz, classical, show tunes, and a great deal of 1960s easy listening Welk, including this one -- which I brought home.
BOARD GAMES: NEW ARRIVALS
I am not obsessed with board games. Just fascinated by what they say about humanity and the various ideas of fun. Pachisi, if you don't know, is another -- and perhaps real -- version of Parcheesi.
Everybody knows one.
I'd rather play bridge.
OFF SEASON CHINA
The selection of stuff is pretty lousy this time of year at the Gift House. But nice to see this!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
GOD BLESS KODAK
Fabulous all-in-one contraption!
The slide carousel loads at the top,
you watch the slideshow on the monitor
PLAY CHESS AGAINST A COMPUTER!
Here you go. The King Arthur Excalibur chess computer -- all pieces intact -- is ready to play. Just load in a few new batteries and watch it beat you in shockingly few moves.
MOULDS!
Bundt cakes
Angel Food
crab salad made with Jell-O
Chrysler Buildings of gelatin
or just
hang the moulds on your kitchen wall
NED'S HEAD + OTHER FORGOTTEN GAMES
Lots of great old games at the Gift House.
Some are quite disturbing
Please come and take them away
HALLOWEEN STUFF
The people of Orleans know when to unload their old Halloween stuff: this week! Witches, jack-o-lanterns, skull lights, and even a scary wreath got dropped off. Thank you, George Tazzini, builder and patron saint of the Gift House, for not taking that plastic pumpkin home.
WING BACKS
Surely one of the nicer wingbacks to fly this way in a long time. This needs to be collected lickety-split -- or the Dump Lords will drag it to container oblivion. 
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
BOWL FOR NUTS
This is truly a nut bowl -- made out of redwood stump. I know because my mom has the same one. She lives in Laguna Woods, California. When I visit her sometimes I stare at the nut bowl and wonder if it's the same walnuts as when I was a kid. Are they? Mom says no.
The pig-snout center is for a nutcracker and little stainless picks.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
TOO MUCH TIME INDOORS . .
Here's what we were thinking:
If you need a sign telling you what season it is,
you are spending too much time indoors
looking at your signs.
(Gift House volunteers, Bud Brown and Bill Reiher, are modeling.)
COLOR COMBINATION OF THE GODS
Only a design genius would put these two magnificent colors together in one simple office chair. I'm just sorry that I didn't bring it home.
YOUNG PEOPLE + OLD THINGS
Sweet!
You must know somebody who just moved into a new apartment.
It's not true that young people hate old things.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
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