My friend Matt found this on a bulletin board just inside a Kroger store here in Parkersburg in late February 2003. There’s just so much to work with here… the bizarre phrasing, the seemingly pointless underlining, the sad desperation… Just who is this “daughter?” An actual relative? A former lover? A stalking victim? Funny thing … Continued
I found this on Potrero Hill. The piece of paper was taped to the sidewalk just before an intersection. I guess Hammer doesn’t have a pager.
I am a hotel housekeeper, and I find notes all the time. This one is by far my favorite. Crumpled up underneath a bed skirt.
I found this near a middle school.
This was found and given to me by someone with whom I shared common space at the time. We used to walk a lot in those days, in the cold and the snow and broken beer bottles.
I was running along Bayshore Blvd. when I found this in the grass. I was in the zone, just jogging along — beautiful day, the sun was glittering off the Bay, “BITCH!”, not a cloud in the sky — wait, what was that?
I had just moved into a new house where some dodgy pipe work kept me awake at night. At 4 am during a fit of sleepless rage I pulled up the floorboards to find not pipes, but this note. As far as I am aware there are no schools nearby but what concerns me more … Continued
I found this charming love/hate note while walking on a winter day.
I had TWO teeth pulled today. I found this little note folded up on the grass in front of my house when I came home (with my face swollen and achy). Finding this note has taken away most of my gum pain… it’s a small gem. And hmmm… what exactly WAS the misunderstanding on the … Continued
I found this note on the ground a few brownstones down on my street. Maybe it fell out of someone’s car. There’s no signature, so I’m not sure if it’s a legally binding document or not. Incidentally, just moments before I found this I was thinking, “Why haven’t I found anything good to send in … Continued