Bookends on Monday

Years ago, my Dad and I used to travel the country with a friend named Mike. He really loved the West, and would buy practically anything that had a Western feel.

I have remained friends with Mike's widow Linda...who has since remarried. When we do visit her, she wants me to take stuff. My problem is...I have no place to put it, or display it. But, she recently did talk me into taking these elk bookends, and I have them in my den.

Mike left us with lung cancer, but having his "stuff" around brings back good memories.