A Surprise in It for You

November 18, 2011

FOUND by Amanda Schoffstall in Shamokin, Pennsylvania

This sheet of paper was folded into a tiny square, lying in the parking lot of the bank where I work. I opened it up to make sure it didn’t contain any personal info like account numbers or whatever, and instead I discovered this note.

I Don’t Think So, Mongolass

February 7, 2009

FOUND by Torben Skov in Fredericia, Denmark

I found this at my school today, at a computer workstation.

A Walk on the Mild Side

March 29, 2008

FOUND by Erika in San Francisco, California (Valencia and 19th)

With that squint against the sun, she’s not exactly ferocious. Judging from the back of it (squiggles of sparkly glue and fragments of other construction paper) this was probably part of a much larger piece of work, off in some kindergarten somewhere. I like how carefully the kid cut around her braids.

Chubby?

February 17, 2008

FOUND by Danielle in Tempe, Arizona

One of the leaves scattered on our table outside ASU’s Hayden Library was not like the others.

Skinny

October 27, 2006

FOUND by Alicia Phillips in Washington, DC

I found it on the floor in a stall in a public women’s restroom at the mall.

Autumn Kiss

September 21, 2006

FOUND by Sean Culver in Chicago, Illinois

I found this at the corner of Cornelia and Lawndale while walking my dog. This sidewalk is a half-block from a Catholic grade school and it’s also a main route in our neighborhood to the commuter train. Someone (female, I guess) must really love autumn.

Mr. Roboto

September 6, 2006

FOUND by Kristin Siivonen in Montclair, New Jersey

I found this little robot man sticking out of a flower pot on my fire escape yesterday. I live on the 2nd floor, so I can’t imagine how robot man got there. It makes me smile to think about the adventures he had on his way to finding me.

Toad Skin

July 11, 2004

FOUND by Jennifer Gooch

A co-worker found this in “Fighting Indians of the West” at our used bookstore. I had the mental image of some creep slowly peeling the skin from a helpless, wriggling toad, the fiend’s chuckles barely covering the amphibious squeaks…then I found out that toads molt.

It Only Takes Two Minutes

February 1, 2004

FOUND by Pierre Gauvin in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Here’s what I found in two minutes while walking down Saint-Laurent street.