Dear Cherisse

Found on a side walk in a gutter under the El tracks near Chicago and Franklin.

Give You “a” Call

We found this late one night after walking back from the Planetarium area of the lakefront. We were walking through the pedestrian and bicycle underpass and saw it, handwritten side up.

Self-Inflicted

My friend Justin and I found this Post-it when cleaning off the desk of a recently fired co-worker. The circumstances of her leaving were dubious and she was kind of a mystery herself, so this became all the more curious a message to us. I promptly taped it to my desk where it’s been the … Continued

Quiet Time

Found on the floor at my job. It makes me so happy.

To the White Couple

This note was taped to a light pole. I didn’t remove the note because it had obviously been placed there for a reason and it needed to remain there. If only we knew what sort of interaction happened between this guy and the white couple to elicit such a raw, pained, angry, response.

The Rainbo Head Family

I was walking along Lake Shore Drive with my daughter when I found this wonderful work of art by a young girl for her grandmother. It must have gotten away from them in the windy city; I wish I could get this back to them.

Flash Fiction Afro

A mere thirty-six words to tell a story, letting our imaginations flesh out the rest.

Pie Bond

I found this on the floor in my college dorm. Somebody must have been hungry while studying for their O-Chem final.

Cigar Man

Found at my school, on the ground, as usual.

Cuttin’ a Rug

Found these two photos while cleaning out the house of a dead relative. They were stuck together behind a tiki bar.