Special Considerations: I’m late! I know I’m late! Guess that makes it soooooooo much easier to ship stuff to my house. Deadlines be damned! I’ll take Christmas presents shipped to my apartment until July – and then you can ship me birthday presents. So, follow my lead and be sooooooo late. It’s fun to buck the rules 
My address is 617 West 190th Street, Apt 2B, New York, NY 10040. I’ll be back at home starting Jan 16th-ish. Do let me know if you’ve shipped something, since delivery services can be….unpredictable….and I strongly encourage signature confirmation. Now send away!
PS. I still like surprises though – so wrap boxes with pictures in them and make me think I’ll never have enough room in my luggage
 

DONALDSON FAMILY-MADE

·         Candice Lavender Eye Bag for headaches and savasana

·         Candice-Crafted Pouch for my Swiss-army-utensil to attach to my Candice Lunch Sack thus making it harder to forget the darned thing in my backpack when I go through airport security (face palm of despair)

SPEAKING OF WHICH

·         A New Leatherman to replace the one that TSA confiscated (face palm of even further despair)

BACK TO DONALDSON FAMILY-MADE

·         Dorothy Jane Nail Art on My Nails

·         Sander Cutting Board (Preferably with a way to hang it on the wall when not in use)

·         Kathy Pottery (Especially low-rise coffee mugs that fit under my espresso machine)

·         Claynola and Clacarons

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL THEATRE

·         See a play in my name (I can help you choose, and let’s talk about it after!)

·         Let’s see a play together!

HELP MY HOME SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE IN STYLE

·         Fire Extinguisher / Fire Blanket? I don’t know – what do you think?

·         Retro Landline Phone[i]

SET UP MY HOME YOGA STUDIO

·         Yoga Blankets (I need 2 -  I love this Moon-phase one[ii], and this Harvest Moon Blanket[iii])

·         A Seatbelt for my Legs[iv] – this can totally be homemade. The pinch buckle is key;

MUSIC MAKING

·         iRig HD X[v] – It’s a Midi device that will interface with my uke pick-up, amps, board, and computer. It allows me to record, but also to connect my uke to a system for playing live. It’s very cool

·         These really cool stamps[vi] for charting chords

·         This cool book of ukulele fingering lessons[vii]

·         This ukulele music theory book[viii]

KITCHEN

·         Penzey’s Fox Point[ix] – There’s a whole giant jar of it even! 😊

·         Cheese Slate and Cheese Knives

·         Wide Mouth Rectangular Jars[x]  for my pantry – in a variety of sizes from cereal box-size to pasta-size to pint-size

·         A Replacement Soda Stream bottle[xi]

·         THE All-Clad Frying Pan[xii]

FOR VANITIES SAKE

·         Eshakti[xiii] Shopping Spree

·         A Wide Guitar Strap for My Purse – like this with brass hardware[xiv]

·         Hand Lotion and Sleeping Gloves[xv] – for my splitting fingers

·         Earrings (I love danglies and drop earrings favorite materials: black, silver, and moonstone Favorite Styles: geometric, art nouveaux, Celtic, and, of course, glamour 😊– my sensitive ears need stainless steel, silver, or gold posts)

MISCELLANEOUS

·         This pack for my binoculars[xvi] – I like it in Asphalt

·         Anything that helps save the planet

·         Donations to Planned Parenthood

·         Homemade anything

·         Tree Art for my Tree Wall

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