This is pretty damn clever. And funny! My wife is still working but I'm retired. So I do most of the grocery shopping. And I'm an expert at placing the items in the order they appear as I walk through the store. One of my lists would have definitely baffled you because there's so much "healthy" on it: soy dogs, soy bacon and sausage, loads of vegetables, whole wheat bread, Amy's frozen meals, no meat of any kind.
You are truly brilliant. I love the images, and the magic of the things you created because of this inspiring scrap of paper. BTW, I think the print want written by a grade-school kid and the cursive maybe by the same kid. Maybe! Both have that callow stiffness to them, straight up and down rather than slanted in either direction. Letters like soldiers standing at attention. Maybe Mom or Dad yelled in from the living room "don't forget the cigs!" A package or a carton? I love you deductive powers. Now you've got me doing it. Thank you, Jason.
I'm obsessed with found grocery lists or really any scraps of paper with handwritten notes. Once at the zoo I found a handwritten card - the tiny kind like you'd find dangling from a gift bag. Inside, it says "Thanks for inviting me to your party From Sarah" in dainty letters with hearts over the i's. The front of the card is yellow with a cartoon monkey eating a banana. I still have it. It's a prized possession of mine. 🩷
That would be awesome!!! You could even segment them into unhealthy, okay, and healthy! Like ... 1) 20 lbs. hamburger, two cases Mountain Dew; 3 bags pork rinds. 2) two steaks; white potatoes; coleslaw. 3) salmon, sweet potatoes, broccoli. 🤣
Like you told me yesterday, stories/poetry are everywhere! I love when they appear unexpectedly. What a gift. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
I love how much creativity can be inspired from something as innoucous as a discarded shopping list. What you have created here is wonderful, and makes my own imagination fly too. Thank you for sharing this Jason!
"Whoever wrote that list for smokes, soda, and potato salad fixings will probably never know they inspired me to make so many different things. But all of our lives touch each other in ways we cannot control. All we can do is choose what energy we want to send out."
thank you for this write. you are truly brilliant.
This is pretty damn clever. And funny! My wife is still working but I'm retired. So I do most of the grocery shopping. And I'm an expert at placing the items in the order they appear as I walk through the store. One of my lists would have definitely baffled you because there's so much "healthy" on it: soy dogs, soy bacon and sausage, loads of vegetables, whole wheat bread, Amy's frozen meals, no meat of any kind.
You are truly brilliant. I love the images, and the magic of the things you created because of this inspiring scrap of paper. BTW, I think the print want written by a grade-school kid and the cursive maybe by the same kid. Maybe! Both have that callow stiffness to them, straight up and down rather than slanted in either direction. Letters like soldiers standing at attention. Maybe Mom or Dad yelled in from the living room "don't forget the cigs!" A package or a carton? I love you deductive powers. Now you've got me doing it. Thank you, Jason.
Very, very cool!
I'm obsessed with found grocery lists or really any scraps of paper with handwritten notes. Once at the zoo I found a handwritten card - the tiny kind like you'd find dangling from a gift bag. Inside, it says "Thanks for inviting me to your party From Sarah" in dainty letters with hearts over the i's. The front of the card is yellow with a cartoon monkey eating a banana. I still have it. It's a prized possession of mine. 🩷
That would be awesome!!! You could even segment them into unhealthy, okay, and healthy! Like ... 1) 20 lbs. hamburger, two cases Mountain Dew; 3 bags pork rinds. 2) two steaks; white potatoes; coleslaw. 3) salmon, sweet potatoes, broccoli. 🤣
What fun!!! I love it that you took something so ordinary and made it magical!!!! Beautifully done!!!
Like you told me yesterday, stories/poetry are everywhere! I love when they appear unexpectedly. What a gift. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Thanks Justin!
I love your weird brain and the weird stuff that comes out of it!
You further justify to me why to not throw away old papers. You just never know- one or some of them can turn out into wonderful written pieces.
I love how much creativity can be inspired from something as innoucous as a discarded shopping list. What you have created here is wonderful, and makes my own imagination fly too. Thank you for sharing this Jason!
Pop, not soda...how introspective of you!
"Whoever wrote that list for smokes, soda, and potato salad fixings will probably never know they inspired me to make so many different things. But all of our lives touch each other in ways we cannot control. All we can do is choose what energy we want to send out."
thank you for this write. you are truly brilliant.
Cool..... It looks deeper in the story 💯❤.
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I love this. Ive always thought other people’s grocery list feel like they hold a secret meaning.