book detritus
i think a book's already been compiled about the stuff that people leave in novels? if not, it would be highly entertaining. consider what came tumbling out of my most recent library book:
a grocery list consisting of "max passes, milk, your milk, your cereal, dog food, bread (white), bleach (pink bottle)" and a post-it note which reads, "mild winters and long rainy spring is the perfect weather for growing pinot noir."
you don't have to be sherlock holmes to notice it's two completely different sets of handwriting. the question remains, is it from the same household? considering the clues, and the fact it was written on a Lakota Sioux Culture notepad, we can make the assumption that we have a carless, possibly lactose intolerant native american dog owner with a dream of grape growing on our hands here.
i could be wrong, but it's a distinct possibility. (oh, i should mention it tumbled out of "oregon wine pioneers" by cila warncke, which seeing as i live in the dundee viticultural area, increases the chances that i am looking at a neighbor's shopping list.) people are so interesting.
this reminds me that one time i found a post-it in a book and i actually recognized not only the person's handwriting but also the name and number of the people they had written down to get together with, all friends of mine. imagine their surprise when i asked them not only how they liked the book but how their coffee date had gone.
just call me watson. what's the most interesting thing you've ever found in a book?
you don't have to be sherlock holmes to notice it's two completely different sets of handwriting. the question remains, is it from the same household? considering the clues, and the fact it was written on a Lakota Sioux Culture notepad, we can make the assumption that we have a carless, possibly lactose intolerant native american dog owner with a dream of grape growing on our hands here.
i could be wrong, but it's a distinct possibility. (oh, i should mention it tumbled out of "oregon wine pioneers" by cila warncke, which seeing as i live in the dundee viticultural area, increases the chances that i am looking at a neighbor's shopping list.) people are so interesting.
this reminds me that one time i found a post-it in a book and i actually recognized not only the person's handwriting but also the name and number of the people they had written down to get together with, all friends of mine. imagine their surprise when i asked them not only how they liked the book but how their coffee date had gone.
just call me watson. what's the most interesting thing you've ever found in a book?
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