In This Land of Sun and Fun

This item was stuck inside a children’s book which was mixed in with other books donated to us at the Prison Book Project (a non-profit cooperative that mails donated books to inmates in the US). I presumed it was something brought home from summer camp & was made useful as a bookmark.

Food For Thought

I found this book on the ground a few years back. Just the other day I found it again and, while reading it, I began to think that someone had written it to me until I got to the bottom and read ‘Cookie’. It is filled with so much love that I wish someone had … Continued

Backwards Card

This is one of those backwards (opens on the left) cards that kids make. I found it in the spring of 2003 in the children’s picture book section. I like how it does double duty as a Valentine and a conversational note.

Really Really Really Sorry

I wonder if Paul ever sent this letter to Sarah. Did he change his mind and stuff the letter inside a book? Maybe Sarah got it and put it in the book. I’d like to think there was a happy-ever-after to this story but more likely these two drifted apart after this incident. Who knows?

Ode to Broken Hearts

Is there a remedy for the brokenhearted? If not, then precautions seem to be in order…take note: Measure the depth of the fall by the anxiety level of the ‘fallee.’

Well Written

Found within the pages of a book about Ted Bundy, the serial killer, in a used book store…

Summer is Now Quite Past

I found this love letter while I was in college and I’ve kept it for about ten years. When I found it I was already well rehearsed in love letters, having dated someone in New York for a year before moving out here from Wisconsin. We had a great time for a couple years and … Continued

Dear Hope

A few weeks before I found this letter, I found a random page from a book on the sidewalk. I picked it up and read the page. The story felt familiar but I couldn’t quite place it. After a little googling I realized that it was a page from the book “Cold Sassy Tree”. This … Continued