Saturday, June 13, 2009

Memento mori

Picking out a pen from the pen pot yesterday I discovered that it was a freebie (as are most of them, these days, what with charities & all). I think I must have picked it up from where somebody else had left it on a library table

It is smarter than the average freebie – thick white plastic, a bit designed & aerodynamic

Tasteful, discrete navy blue writing down the side: Royal Bank of Scotland BMW Williams F1 Team Official Sponsor

I think I may wrap it in acid free tissue & pack it away. Even if it is not, & never will be, worth anything, it can serve as reminder to the children