Isn’t it sad that the things that people treasure most become meaningless after they die? Souvenirs and personal reminders that lose their potency without the person.

You come across them a lot at church thrift shops that ‘inherit’ them for sale when members of the congregation pass away. I have various items that I have ‘liberated’, including a whole collection of postcards from a European tour in the 1920s and a set of bowls (crown green, not ten-pin). Read more ›››