Christmas Card List

This was inside an old recipe box. Instead of recipes it was a record of a woman’s daily affairs from the 1930s and early 1940s. It was mostly addresses but also included some of her expenses, rules for card games, a few diagrams of electric circuits and a long list of books she wanted to … Continued

He IS Real

I was taking the SAT a few weeks ago and found this on the floor behind me as I went to leave.

Add Christmas Sense

Found this snowflake outside Jefferson Elementary School in December, 2009.

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

Happy New Year

I found this while cleaning underneath the bench seat of a Volkswagen Vanagon my dad recently purchased.

What I Want for Christmas

This fell out of a book I picked up at the public library. The wish list was tucked inside of a thank you note for some other Christmas presents. She certainly put her request in early (or really late) for Christmas. The thank you note was mailed in 1971 and I wonder if she ever … Continued

Bring Her Back, Baby

After dragging my Christmas tree curbside, I found this soggy note next to my mailbox.

Heart Means I Extremely Want

This is a list found in a Meijers (to non-Michiganders it’s a pre-Wal-Mart 24 hr fix-your-car-and-a-dinner retail powerhouse) parking lot on Black Friday.