From Juicy to Superman

I found this folded up, wet and laying in some leaves. I can only guess that it blew from down the street where a few teenagers live. Pretty juicy letter from Juicy.

Mommy, Wife, Life Partner

Found in the back of a Tri-Met city bus. I can’t help but wonder if it was left by the recipient, or if the sender lost it before he had a chance to even give it to her.

Special Things for My Special Man

I found this note folded into a novel I bought new from amazon.com. The novel is Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood, not the type of read you’d associate with an apologetic lover. Or “peeny.”

The Pledge

I walked out of my (shitty) apartment one spring morning in 1991 and found this message scotch taped to every post and pole along three blocks of McClintock Road. I use the find regularly in my fiction writing classes, and it still moves me after all these years. I wish the scanner could capture the … Continued

Kid Wars

I think someone’s mom helped write this– the handwriting is far too neat and the spelling too perfect.

This Thing

This was found partially crumpled outside a college dorm on the last day of the school year.