Shoeboxes containing Christmas tree ornaments individually wrapped in newspaper, two
Plastic water bottles, the kind you might use while hiking, two
Box containing some kind of insulating tiles for soundproofing (maybe?), one
Carry-on sized suitcase, one, in which was packed the following:
Dog bowls, two (one plastic, one wooden)
Ceramic bowl decorated with dogs that the kids bought him one year for Christmas, one
Was it meant for humans or dogs to drink out of? We could never tell. It was from Anthropologie, so I don’t think it was ever intended to have any use-value as such
Zip-lock bag of dry dog food, one
Black white bandanna, one
Pair of Williams sweatpants, one
Monogrammed residency graduation jacket, one
T-shirts, two
striped, one
with some kind of nihilist quotation on it, one
Bills, two
Long letter his ex-girlfriend wrote him after he met me and broke up with her, one
Contact lenses, an odd number—which is always irritating with contact lenses, isn’t it
Clothing that belonged to his Mom that I kept after we went through a bunch of her old clothes and were deciding what to give to Goodwill, three items
fleece socks, one pair
Cream-colored linen dress that I kept because I thought it was pretty, but I never wore it, one
Her wedding ring, which I zipped in the right-hand pocket of her fleece jacket; at first I put it in with the contact lenses in a zip-lock bag but that felt wrong, one
Beach umbrella, one
Boogie boards, three (three!)
Beach chair, one
Foldable cart for carrying beach gear, one
Beach bag, one, in which I housed:
Several Russian dolls, well-used and well-loved in this house. They will be missed
