The Pros and Cons of Candy

On Halloween my house gets a lot of trick-or-treaters. A LOT. This year we estimate that about 1,200 kids came by our house. When cleaning up after Halloween I found this note on the floor on a crumpled 3×5 card. Perhaps this was dropped by one of the moms?

Fall in Indiana

I found a strip of photo film negatives several months back and had been carrying them around in my purse until today, when I decided to scan them and see what they were. Anything to avoid work. It was four pictures taken on Halloween (my guess).

Can’t We Still Get Along?

I took a walk in my neighborhood and found a set of four hand-made flash cards. The others are really funny too but this one is the best. Out of the mouths of babes.

Christmas Card List

This was inside an old recipe box. Instead of recipes it was a record of a woman’s daily affairs from the 1930s and early 1940s. It was mostly addresses but also included some of her expenses, rules for card games, a few diagrams of electric circuits and a long list of books she wanted to … Continued

He IS Real

I was taking the SAT a few weeks ago and found this on the floor behind me as I went to leave.

Add Christmas Sense

Found this snowflake outside Jefferson Elementary School in December, 2009.

Lots to Give Thanks For

I found this at Ashby Bart in 2002. I always wondered who this kid was and why his mom or dad sat him on the table next to the paper turkey.

Check on the Graves

I found this little note while cleaning out my desk at work. I am pretty sure a child wrote it from the handwriting and content. I like the bit about tell me if the wind is still blowing. Thought it was a cute, yet disturbing, look into the secret lives of children.