Nervous Breakdown Pending

It looks like someone needs to get off their butt and get some work done. I’m just glad it wasn’t for me. I found it on the kitchen counter and was momentarily concerned, but my wife had brought it home after she found it.

Let’s Build a Snowman

“Let’s build a snowman! We can make him tall, we can make him not so tall!” – Cannibal, The Musical

Men Call the Hou

I found this on the floor next to the photocopier at my office. I love how it tells a story — one of a husband and men [who] call the hou[se], and of implied accusations and seemingly faded desire — all written on strange brown paper. Such intrigue! It strikes me that the story offered … Continued

All of Us Together

I found this photo on the floor of a bus. Nobody around to reclaim it. Wonder who are these women and children? Who lost it? It seems to be taken in Torpederas beach, Valparaíso, Chile. Says “year 1941″ on the back…”

My Best Friend is NOT Mommy

I found this on the lawn of a house on my walk to work. Best I can tell, it was written on the back of one of those lids that protects a store-bought lasagna. (The other side is metallic.)

Don’t Show Mom

Back in the day, my father had two main hobbies: garage sale-ing and stamp collecting. The way that these two hobbies manifested themselves in combination was when my dad would go to an estate sale (meaning someone has died), he would purchase the deceased’s collection of letters. He then would browse for any stamps of … Continued

Snowed In

I found this in a photography book published in 1977. I think the author is referring to the great blizzard of ’78.

Wishing Tree

Found this near a store’s Christmas tree “wishes” display. Beautiful and heartbreaking.