The only thing I wish I had kept were all the peace beads, because in the 1960s people made these and hung them at protests and it was a wonderful thing.
We were out taping fliers to doors and trying to let people know what was going on,
Several people told us they wanted the (alligator) caught because they were afraid to let their dogs out.
When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it's in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are able to enter that world, it's a special thing.
The thing of it is though that's the only way people know you, they see you in that roll and they see you in person and they only know the perception of what you are.