Costner: Water pot

Nothing purchased in this place seems to last, excepting one possession I've kept since arriving here almost 5 years ago. I did not expect a hot water heating can bought from the corner grocery to make it through, alas here it is accompanying me with my coffee each morning. It is interesting, in the face of the loneliness we sometimes feel on the frontier, how things can take on the qualities of people--things you trust, things that make you take a moment and smile, a consistent friend. If I am to ever leave this place, I think I must take it with me, for there is no chance anyone else would want it.