How does Father’s Day sneak up on me like this every year? Now I have to scramble to get the ripe bananas out and whip up a batch of banana nut bread so I can overnight it to my dad in time for Sunday.

But what about my husband, the Vine Guy? You’d think that a bottle of wine would do the trick, but I’ve used that theme for too many gift-giving events and I am sure that by now he is suspecting a serious lack of creativity on my part. Furthermore, the typical Father’s Day gifts — as hawked by the traditional retailers — such as a tie, golf shirt or power tool also suggest a deficiency of imagination in the process.