Valerie

Part of a stack of index cards found by the trash outside of Lamplighter Roasting Co.

Hey! I’m One!

I was going to take the 2:20pm train from Richmond, CA, to Sacramento, CA, but I had just missed it. While waiting for the 3:48pm I found this picture face down on the tracks. Sometimes it not so bad to miss a train. Written on the back: “hey! i’m 1 & i got daddy confused … Continued

Beautiful

I was in an elevator after a particularly rough day of classes when I looked down and found this on the floor. It was a nice reminder.

Bloodshot Red

A teacher’s report of inebriated student who disruptively demands a match.

You Better Go Through with It

I found this note torn into little pieces and stuffed into a vintage sewing pattern envelope (for teen sportswear, ca. 1960). At first it seems like a pretty normal middle-school love letter, but that last line is a tad ominous!

Wayne Said

Workplace conflict … one guy’s side of the story.

The World

I found this folded up on the ground at my high school. I think it’s beautiful.

The Big City

I was walking down Cary Street, and saw this on the sidewalk. It immediately made me wonder: who says the big city has time for YOU, Post-it note?

Back in Order

I was heading from the art museum to a bar a few blocks away; on the sidewalk, I saw this tiny, soaking wet, green, spiral-bound notebook sitting on a little stone in someone’s front yard.