one thing i don't tire of is the reciprocal deal with food: i still love receiving food from people's gardens as an exchange for something i have done - or not; something i am expected to do in the future...yeah it carries it's risks (you want me to do/host/allow what???), but you can also play the game in return. and, from my background, it's something i value: bananas you grew! or peas or mangoes or ginger or peanuts or pawpaw or even the old sweet potatoes. and because i'm still foreign to this game, it often comes as an unexpected gift: "i was thinking of you and you're a gutpela meri and here are some bananas i grew; they are for you". it's a little gift, but enough for me, and moving in its gesture.