In case of a house fire

Let's hope it never happens to y'all but what would you run in and grab if the house was on fire. Would go for the most valuable or the one that would break your heart if it was gone? In some ways as we age we are going to have to face the same decision as your house being on fire. What are ya going to take to your little scaled down living quarters? What am I going to do with the hundreds of pots, the hundreds of bits of visual art and treasures I have collected. Every single piece of fine craft or art has a story behind it. It is my story, not my kids story, not my best friends story but my story and mine alone in 99% of the cases. Would I run into a flaming house to save a treasured Windor Chair, an armful of Ronnie the Rats,my Clyde Jones two snakes with buckhorn eyes, the wonderful drawings in a book by Chuck Hindes, a selection of eclectic art, some photos, cards and letters that mean so much to me. Some how it seems so much more horrible to have them burn than to end up in a yard sale or Art auction somewhere, sometime in the coming years. Who would know their value? At this point they are priceless to me and not for sale at any price. The Art in my house is a diary of my life. I talked to my daughter Robin about her coming here and we document the collection with a picture, a catalogue number and a brief description of it provedence. That way the Korean Yi Dynasty unsigned rice bowl will not go to the street in the final yard sale. In case we never get it done I'd have Robin call my two former students and friends Emma Smith and Andrew Kellner. They know pots! They collect good pots and know who is who, where and possible value. I guess in the long run they are just things so if ya have one maybe ya better run in and grab your partner first and with the other arm grab the rat off the wall.