And Zen What

One's tennis shoes, The Secret Fairy Handbook, a Halloween pumpkin treat bucket (empty), a black NY baseball hat, a camera case (empty), a clarinet case (full), a purple battery-operated "gangsta" frog that sings (but not at the moment thank goodness), a bowl of fruit (no bananas), a bowl of fruit (nothing but bananas), a computer-like electronic game thingy, a partly full container of store-bought (horrors!) all butter shortbread cookies, a pair of hair scissors, a multi-colored small wooden guitar, 3 Buzz Lightyears, a big ceramic cookie jar, 3 sections of newspapers (not together and not from the same date), 3 water bottles (varying levels of water remaining), a belt, 3 flashlights, a wallet attached to a long chain which in turn is attached to nothing, a framed "Outstanding Student" certificate, a fat and very happy looking cat, a star-shaped candy dish (empty), 4 hairbrushes (and counting--I'm not moving anything so all you are getting is the list of visible items), a red block, 5 leggos, a troll doll, a spray bottle (our version of animal control), a cassette tape case (empty), a permanent marker (cap on), a nonpermanent marker (cap off), about 7 inches of mail leaning up against the 4 slice toaster, a bottle of brandy which hasn't been opened in the 7 months it's been there, a school project consisting of a painted silver box with wires sproinging out of it with geometrical flowerlike shapes on the ends, a ball of yarn, to be continued.........