The family’s book of birthdays.
Who is next, what is sorted, and the one thing still to do. Written by all of you, nagged by nobody.
Start a book free, no password22
30
Sort the card Order by Tuesday. Paula has the presentCousin RubySaturday 22 Aug · in 21 days
Grandad Peter Saturday 15 Aug · all done
1
Everyone adds the dates they know.
Photograph the kitchen calendar and forty people appear at once. Your own birthday stays hidden from you.
2
The book says what is next, and who has it.
One card, claimed once, signed by all of you from wherever you are. One present, or a pot, never two of the same thing.
3
Guides, picked by hand, for the age you actually have.
Three we would buy and the rest as a list. Priced overnight. Nothing suggested for a person the book cannot describe.
“The thirty November texts stopped. Mum just opens the book.”