As Many Cats As You Want

I came across this in my mother’s photo albums. It is a piece of notebook paper that she found at the cemetery. It was crumpled up and blowing around. She picked it up to throw it in the garbage but unruffled it and found a child’s drawing of dozens of stick-figure cats around a cat-shaped … Continued

21 Hearts

I found this piece of art atop a snow bank during a walk two days after Valentine’s Day in 2004. I’m guessing that the young artist is a girl. I’m guessing she created it for her parents during art class at school. The inclusion of an alphabet and numbers reflect the long sheets of letters … Continued

Pencil Drawing of Piano Man with Band

A 3″ x 5″ pencil/pen drawing of a Piano Bar with a man playing piano with a band and a couple people in the audience. On the back of the drawing it says ‘To Julia, Ed McCarron, 2/10/2009

This Is What You Did to Me

Over the summer I worked at a restaurant and found doodled onto a napkin where a family had been sitting. Hope she gets over her broken heart.

Falstad the Science Dragon

I am a student assistant in the library and often come accross random notes. This one was just too awesome to not send.

From Piggy

I didn’t understand why I had been sent the postcard to my Iowa State teaching assistant box over winter break. Was it a goofy message from my buddy John who taught English in Daejeon, Korea? Was it a joke from one of my former professors who taught an Unreliable Narrator class? Was it a sly … Continued

Mohawk Windmill

I found this photocopy stapled to a bench at my local community college. I really like the second astronaut at the top- he just looks so optimistic.