School mail, handled Permission slips, sign-ups, payment requests, bring-a-thing days — I mine them from the flood every night and turn them into dated deadlines and one-word decisions. Let someone ask about me Give someone you trust a line to me — when do you land, are you on your way, tell him dinner moved. The gift, sorted Ten days before a birthday I offer to find the gift — real, purchasable ideas matched to what I know about them. Birthdays, remembered From your contacts or a passing mention.