Debbie sits in the sunroom overlooking the pond. The sun shines in and warms the room. On the round butcher block table is spread out a variety of colored paper. Next to the paper box are blue scissors with yellow interchangeable blades. They lie open on the table with tiny scrapes of paper nearby.  She picks out a vibrant blue color paper and carefully places it in front of her. Taking her scissors, she clips pieces of the paper away from one side of the blue paper. She reaches into her scrap box and pulls out a bright yellow rectangle and a purple square. Debbie places them on the bright blue piece that has been trimmed, removes them, and replaces them until it looks right to here eye. 

     She takes out her Photo Memory Fix and attempts to run the tape along the one side of the yellow before adhering it to the blue. One side of the tape sticks to the yellow scalloped paper. It does not rewind. More and more the sticky tape comes out and it does rewind. Debbie opens the blue tape holder and looks inside. The mechanism that should pull the used tape strip back into the Photo Memory Fix and affix the sticky tape to the colored paper does not rewind.  The used tape strip has slipped off the wheel and is blocking the gears.  She pulls the cog off the spindle and removes the used tape, cuts the strip, and replaces it on the spindle. Fidgeting with the case, Debbie lines up the cogs and the carefully snaps the case back together. Proud of her accomplishment, she continues to “tape.” The cog that rewinds does not work. The used tape line does not rewind and remains outside of the case again.

     Sighing, Debbie looks at the case, the workings of the simple machine beyond her comprehension. She slips her nails into the side of the case and once again opens it up. The 2 cogs pop out and unwind on the table and almost fall onto the floor. Debbie bobbles the tape and cogs. Her fingers feel thick and uncooperative. Struggling, she rewinds the used and unused tape on the cogs and links the teeth of the cogs before replacing them into the Photo Memory Fix. She takes a scrap piece of paper and works the wheel along the side to see if it works. It still does not rewind. Too much time has been spent trying to fix something that should not be this difficult to do. By holding the used tape, she can apply the tape to the paper even though it will not rewind into the case. That’s it! Forget the replacement tape. She throws it into the box and say, “Forget it! I’ll just by a new one.” Fifty-six minutes have past and she has not finished her card.