Childhood things

Rubber tires, fake fur, and old cut up pantyhose from Halloween costumes past. Paints, papers, jars, and stencils. Bits of clay, wire, metal, and glitter. Little boxes of round pebbles, dulled broken pieces of glass, various hardware, and springs. Scraps of ribbon, leather, and feathers. Old dried flowers, seeds, trinkets and things. Well played with matchbox cars, a stack of Chinese fortune papers. Spirit pins and an old dried up friendship flower from a guy just to say thanks for all the help in school. Wax candle stubs and candle molds. Notebooks filled with ideas and sketches and memories. Boxes of letters from friends, a time capsule opened at last. All of this gets sorted through. Some discarded, others treasured, none overlooked.