The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135304   Message #3085634
Posted By: Bill D
30-Jan-11 - 10:00 PM
Thread Name: Touchstones
Subject: RE: Touchstones
Yes.. I have many such items, though I never had a name for them. A belt buckle given me many years ago by a daughter who has since died.... a brick from a brick factory in my mother's home town--and my mother's recipe box with her clippings and handwritten ideas for food... some signed LP albums, including one signed by Pete, Mike & Peggy Seeger at the last concert they shared....my grandfathers pocket watch...a photo of myself with departed friends.

Now some of those I don't see/touch every day, but I 'see' where they are, and it feels good to know they are there. I have helped 'sort' three estates of departed friends, and I have several mementoes ...like cufflinks featuring "September Morn" from a very good friend who died in 1975.

I suppose there are a couple dozen that could be listed.