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All collections reach a stage
when they must move on, or rather, move out.
Circle of Life rationale? Perhaps.
Collections gain icon status
after a while. My mother wore this hat to her son’s wedding…This was my
great-grandmother’s baby cup…This was my grandpa’s chucking peg for the corn….
The icon status must be broken,
or else the icon kicks into Holy Grail status. And then, Lord help us, the Holy Grail will be
wrapped in soft layers of wool and packed away until the box itself falls
apart.
This established, many icons are
heading out the door and onto someone who will hold one and say, “I wonder what
the story is about this?”
Here are some photos of personal
icons. Some are in the car, ready to
relocate. Others will linger a while.
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| All the hats and vintage clothing in the car---the pink hat was my mother's and she wore it to my brother's wedding. |
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| This is an honest-to-goodness-leopard-skin hat....we did not kill the leopard...long story will appear sometime. |
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| These three hats belonged to men...the camouflage "Calhoun County Ford" belonged to my father...The "U.S.S. Kearny DD-432 WWII" belonged to my husband's father...The white cap "Williams' Boots & Coots Hazardous Fire" belonged to my brother. All three men are deceased, and these hats may grow close to Holy Grail Status. |
