Crafts, content strategy, flatware, and dogs. Not necessarily in that order.
Since this is an inauguration week, I guess I should pull out the spoon from the first presidential inauguration I remember. Jimmy Carter.
Not a great president, but a genuinely wonderful human being. He and his wife, Rosalynn, have given their post-political lives to the people, working extensively with Habitat for Humanity and establishing the Carter Center, the mission of which is “Wage Peace, Fight Disease, Build Hope.”
I salute you, Jimmy Carter. Thank you for caring.
This is a new addition to the collection from my friends Trish and Brian. At the top of the spoon is a replica of the first stamp issued in 1985 for New Zealand’s Native Bird series, with an adorable bird called the Kokako on it.
There are two species of this bird: the North Island and the South Island variety. Don’t get too attached to the South Island Kokako though, because scientists are pretty sure it’s extinct.
And yes, that means this spoon is probably haunted.
I asked my daughter what state I should feature today and she suggested Tennessee. I only have three spoons from the Volunteer State, so I was sort of surprised when it was the second spoon I grabbed out of the pile.
This one features two poorly painted, but happy looking musicians on top of a platform that says “Nashville.” The bowl reads “Music City, USA.” The maker’s mark on the back is “W.A.P.W. Gt. Britain,” which is the Walter Archibald Parker Watson Company, a huge supplier of souvenir items for the better part of the 20th century.