A telescope, my childhood connection with the universe, the stars millions of years ago.
You see a long way, always into the past.
a single hair from all my lovers and wives - to show that even I was trusted sometimes
My recipes - to show how I loved to cook for them.
Our boat - in which we loved to go to sea with them.
The trig point on Quinaig- where we loved to go with them.
Our house in France - which we loved to share with them.
my vacuum cleaner - it contains more of my skin than I had when I was alive
A 100 trillion dollar note from Zimbabwe:
every economist should know what happens when things go wrong.
A fountain pen - it is more fun to write with ink than tap a screen.
A whisky bottle to remember ceilidhs round the fire.
A fishing rod with memories of trout.
my glasses - so they can see the blurred world I tried to make sense of
My father’s pocket knife.
Its bone handle; the blades short and narrow.
Good steel, worn away over a lifetime.
He was given the knife for his fifteenth birthday
It was exactly one hundred years old last April 21st.
a rabbit's foot - with instructions to find the rest of the rabbit
A silver locket, one and a half inches by one inch,
diagonal corners, double-linked chain with a picture of our two children,
given for my 40th birthday
when my daughter was born.
a jigsaw puzzle with one piece missing - so they know what life is really like
A canoe paddle - for the canoe times.
A shore-crab’s moulted shell.
A much-loved book for the pleasures of reading.
a desiccated chimpanzee with lipstick so they'll wonder what the hell I was up to
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Desiccated Chimpanzee by Alastair, Barbara, Jon, Lorraine, Madeline & Sandy Open Book Ullapool