Zahra Stevick, Contributor
LOOSE CEREAL FROM STEVIE. We’ve all been there: you go to fill up your empty bowl, wildly underestimate the speed of the cereal flow from the dispenser, and now there are cornflakes all over the tray. Doesn’t all that extra Raisin Bran sitting in there at the end of the day seem like a waste? Not if you give it to the fish.
PENNIES. Their value might be on the decline, but koi love that coppery coating.
APHORISMS FROM ‘THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE.’ This is more of a spiritual feeding, but you never know if the fish might appreciate such thoughts as “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”
THIS LITTLE ROCK I FOUND IN MY SHOE. It won’t annoy me much longer.
GARLIC. It’s never a bad idea to test for early signs of vampiric activity: besides the fish, I recommend sneaking some garlic into your friends’ lunches and keeping careful track of the results.
RECEIPTS FROM DECAFE. Mmm. Crispy.
NERDS ROPES. Sweet crunchy candies on a chewy gummy string—who wouldn’t love them? I swear this is not an advertisement for Nerds Ropes, I just think they should be more widely appreciated.
CHICKEN SOUP. It’s for the soul.
OTHER, SMALLER KOI FISH. It’s a cold, hard world out there.