Read "A La Cart" by Hillary Carlip.
When I see things like this I'm at once filled with joy and envy. Joy that someone takes the time to notice the little things in life, so much so that they reincarnate them. And envious that I don't make the time to follow through on all the stupid, quirky ideas I've had that could have been something had I just done something with them.
Hillary Carlip began collecting found grocery shopping lists. Then built characters around them, creating entire stories around each list's author. Simple, yet genius. Fun and funny. And most definitely cool.
For those of you have "don't really read much anymore," here's one to get you back in the habit.
Props to Hillary, one cool chick who one day, many years ago found one little list, written by one little person who started one little idea (and never even knew it!) And now today, Ms. Carlip has her readers examining life's mundane tasks in an artful, intriguing way.
For more on her story...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93022254
Totally feeling you on the coulda-woulda-shoulda.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days, our home improvement stories will be making readers laugh. Or cry. Or run away screaming.
It's towards the top of my to do list:) I should have taken a picture of the orange foam explosion on our fence that was still there when we moved.
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