Jimmy’s Wish Lists

Do you want to buy me a present?

(I won’t be surprised, but I will be grateful!)

  1. TL;DR: The top 10 gift ideas click here

    You don’t have to get the things on this list. If you either don’t want to think too hard or read the whole website, then pick something from the following. It’s ordered by price:

    1. $$: Paper crafting: Scoring board
    2. $$: Card game: Arboretum
    3. $$: Nonfiction book: Book of Symbols
    4. $$: Board Game: Hive Pocket
    5. $$: Hiking: umbrella and clamp
    6. $$$: Liquor: Rey Campero Mezcal
    7. $$$: Cooking: Matfer Carbon steel pan
    8. $$$: RPG book: Ultraviolet Grasslands
    9. $$$: Book: Mothership, (a) or (b)
    10. $$$: Earbuds: Sony WF-1000XM5

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  2. Plants click here for details ($$)

    You can find a lot of plants on Etsy, see the wishlist. But you can find many of these at local nurseries. There is no order to this list; pick what you like.

    1. Pawpaw tree, Asimina triloba
    2. Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata
    3. Blazingstar, Liatris Spicata
    4. Golden ragwort, Packera aurea
    5. Christmas fern, Polystichum Acrostichoides
    6. Mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum
    7. Silky willow, Salix sericea
    8. Giant Sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum
    9. Blueberries: Legacy and Chandler

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  3. Random stuff: Amazon wishlist ($—$$$)
  4. Stationary: Jetpens wishlist ($—$$)
  5. Photography: click here for details ($$—$$$)

    There are many companies that sell camera film. This B&H Wishlist is the most convenient, but it is not cheapest. Google for “120 color negative film’ when shopping. Examples:

    Here is a list of film cameras. The easiest source is eBay. ($$$)

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  6. Music Making: click here ($$$—$$$$)

    Easy to find: Sweetwater wishlist

    Hard to find:

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Do you want to surprise me?

  • Yummy things: click here for details ($—$$$)
    • Dark chcolate bars ($)
    • Chocolate chip cookies, the chewy ones ($)
    • Raw honey from a local beekeeper ($$)
    • Basswood honey e.g., (a), (b), (c), (d)
    • Tea: olong, black, green, sencha, etc. ($$)
    • Hungarian Téliszalámi Salami ($$)
    • Foie Gras ($$)
    • Mangosteens ($$)
    • Real Canadian maple syrup ($$)
    • Olive oil from Spain or Sicily ($$)
    • Ossetra Caviar ($$$)

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  • Lunch/Dinner: click here for details ($—$$)
    • A cheeseburger ($—$$)
    • A Margherita pizza ($$)
    • Nigiri Sushi ($$)
    • Saag Gosht or Palek Paneer ($$)
    • Barbequed brisket ($$)

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  • Handmade stuff
    • Something you knitted or crocheted
    • Photo prints, paintings, or drawings
    • Costumes and costume accessories
  • Silly Lawn Ornaments ($$—$$$)
    • Flamingos, gnomes
    • Spinning windmills

Price Guide:

  • $ = $1‐$9
  • $$ = $10‐$49
  • $$$ = $50‐$249
  • $$$$ = $250‐$9,999
  • $$$$$ = $10,000‐$49,999

Please don’t buy me:

  • These electronics:
    • Apple-brand stuff
    • Headphones/earphones/ear buds
    • Samsung-brand stuff
    • Smartwatches
    • Digital Cameras
  • Apparel: clothing, sunglasses, shoes
  • Alcohol
  • Backpacks/messenger bags/suitcases
  • Gift cards
  • Journals
  • Non-native outdoor plants (e.g. lilies, roses)
  • Novels
  • Online subscriptions
  • Pens that aren't on the stationary list
  • Scented stuff (e.g. cologne, candles, lotion)

Save the Monarch Butterflies!

  • Plant milkweed!
    • The leaves are food for caterpillers.
    • Bees and butterflies love the nectar.
    • Milkweed is pretty and they smell nice.
    • They come back every spring.
  • Don’t plant invasive species!
    • E.g. tiger lillies, butterfly bushes, Japanese spiraea, purple loosestrife
    • Our native insects don't recognize them.
    • Invasive plants will spread uncontrollably.