High on the list of found items is scent. It’s not so much that you find it – it finds you. That’s the beauty of it. Walking to do the afternoon school pick up, I was overtaken by the smell of wood smoke. It’s early October, and those with working fireplaces are starting to think …
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8 Oct: once, at an amusement park…
…I went on a ride with no seatbelts. And lived to tell the tale. THE best ride that stands out in my mind is one I went on with my dad when I was quite little, maybe seven years old. We had this thing, you see, going on fairground rides together. As the oldest child, …
Interlude one: how much does an item need to be found?
Starting in on the topic of found items, it seems easy. When they drift across your path, that is. When small people come up and press them into your hands. But when the breeze stops blowing, or the child moves off in search of something else, it can be harder. They start to become Looked …
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7 Oct: the one minute biography
I caught sight of today’s prompt earlier on, and I confess I have been cheating. The prompt is meant to take just one minute of writing – hardly any time at all, even if you are fairly nifty with the touch typing. For the woman who loves to write, at length (yes, think you’d spotted …
T is for toffee doddles
I think window shopping counts as found items, don’t you? When I work in town once a month, I sometimes have a little time spare on the route back through to school pick up. It was mild today. Mild enough to decide to get off the bus early, walk a bit, then get on another …