The first ephemera grid of the year is in the books. Here are the scraps of ephemera I saved in January.

Top row

• Packaging from the bread crumbs I use to make my daily lunch and dinner of crispy breaded chicken breast (it’s just store brand).
• Portion of an old hard drive I had destroyed.
• Packaging from a box of M&Ms that my son gifted me for Christmas, and that I finished in January.

Second row

• Wrapper from an Andes “after dinner” mint. (When the kids were much younger, we each had an Andes after dinner every night. Early in the pandemic when we became split between households and then states, the nightly tradition died out. In January, I decided to buy a box and began having one each evening before bed.)
• Packaging from an electrolyte sample.
• Tag from a new gym t-shirt.

Third row

• Tamper-proof seal from one of my supplements.
• Portion of packaging from a natural toothbrush that I tried.
• Tag from a new pair of gym leggings.

Bottom row

• Receipt from a library hold.
• Lifting tape from a workout.
• Flower I found on the ground.