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from one pile i have found old university lecture handouts / meningitis vaccine pamphlet / a christmas card from my postman / business card from an indian restaurant in bristol / the results letter from my pap smear / lots and lots of birthday cards / doodles on scrap paper when i’m bored at work
Mar 15, 2024
- I keep misc. 2d ephemera in large paper boxes. early on it was shoeboxes so that’s childhood-college (plus the “e-files my dad has kept of my earliest paper days) and now i have a bigger photo box and will soon graduate to another. this is post-it notes left by my husband, movie ticket stubs, programs from exhibitions or shows, wristbands, business cards; receipts, etc. all loosely organized but sort of layered like the starts of a landfill or rock formation to be sifted layer by layer during times of reminiscence.
- photos in the envelopes i get them at the print shop labeled with the time. these are in a large fabric box. photo strips are in a small plastic box but regrettably unlabeled (if you like photo strips, condition yourself early on to date them because you will thank yourself later on)
- birthday/christmas/etc cards in a pokemon happy meal box, will need to get another
- written recipes (from myself or others) in my recipe tin
- i keep important legal documents and passport in a fireproof envelope my mom got me for christmas a few years ago. she had a nightmare about fire and got everyone fireproof envelopes.
- boring tax shit in a plastic box in case i need it
- my marriage certificate in a silver plated scroll
-lately i’ve been keeping a scrap journal of notes, recipes, sketches, schematics, clippings, etc. really no rules no boundaries shut any time i need a piece of paper i add to it or glue small things i’ve accumulated in it and i think ik do this going forward. i also add any stickers i acquire to it.
May 20, 2025
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incoherent quotes, unknown phone numbers, market lists, coffee orders, notes just titled “cheetos” and “curtains,” draft letters to former bosses. it’s the little things!
Jan 30, 2024
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“This, too, was myself. It seemed natural and human.” - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Feb 14, 2025
I saw this post and it made me pause and think. Hmm… how would I answer that question
Mar 15, 2025
One of my colleagues brought King cake today and I got to try some for the first time. I have to say it tasted pretty good (I wanted to go back for more 💀).
She then told me about the plastic baby baked inside the cake, and that whoever finds it gets good luck.
I didn’t expect to be the one to find it haha. How cool is that! First time eating it and I get the baby. It really made me day hehe.
I looked it up and the little baby is called a fève.
Mar 4, 2025