> They're basically intentional time capsules. That's an interesting way of looking at it. When we buried my dad, we buried him in his favorite suit, with his

> They're basically intentional time capsules. That's an interesting way of looking at it. When we buried my dad, we buried him in his favorite suit, with his cowboy boots, plus his slippers because the mortician said they wouldn't be able to get the boots on his feet. I think we tossed several other knickknacks in there before they closed the casket up. They gave us flowers off the burial wreath at the gravesite, and I know I tossed one or two of them inside the vault before they closed that up. There's sort of an overwhelming instinct to give the dead "the things they'd like".