Found Jr.
Me-always losing everything. Mags-expert finder.
I’ve always loved Found Magazine. If you don’t know about it, buy a copy-there are 6 issues and some books too. The basic concept is that it’s a collection of found things-mostly funny grocery lists, weird love letters or random polaroids that are found all over the world and sent to the people who make this publication (who now tour on this whole found concept).
We got the chance to play a show with Davy Rothbart, the “point guard” of Found. And after meeting him and driving him home he asked if we’d be into contributing to a book he was working on. It’s a collection of stories from people like Seth Rogen to Dave Eggers to Kimya Dawson talking about their own findings. The book, “Requiem for a Paper Bag” is out now and it’s great.
Anyway, when the book came in the mail today, I told Mags what it was all about and her eyes got wide..”Well, read me some!”
OMG I can’t believe I never realized the connection before. She finds things every day and stashes them in her closet, in drawers, in jars, etc. The idea of a magazine or book about things people found was like her stumbling across a real pot of gold on a backyard treasure hunt. (granted, the magazine itself is for adults but we’re talking concept only here)
So I started with my story. I won’t ruin it but at the end of the short tale, she exclaimed, “Let me see the crystal!!” So I showed it to her and then she went and got her little glass baby food jar of found crystals (from somewhere in the house that only she knew about) and she too gave me a crystal.
I love finding things and hearing about what other people have lost and found…and so does she. Although at some point as a parent of a finder, you start wondering where all the stuff will end up-can we get rid of it, ever? (Especially since she remembers where she got every single grain of sand and knows where each box of rocks and jar of buttons are kept in the house)
Maybe she will start Found Jr. someday.
Anyway, she totally got it.
Now, on a complete 180 degree turn here, I wish I could find a cure for her chronic hives. It’s like we have to hide indoors or give her benedryl every day. I’m all ears for people who have dealt with this before… random.
See you all at Wanderlust and in Oklahoma next weekend!
Next time-Mags and June debut as flower girls and…my deep thoughts on being a wedding band.
So excited to see you in Tulsa this weekend. Me and my kiddo will be rockin’ out to “Mates of Steak”!
just wanted to say that this is my favorite thing to read on babble. i love reading from time to time about your kids/life/etc. so thanks for continuing to post.
What I’ve found really helps me with my seasonal allergies is a little thing called a Neti Pot. You can check them out here: http://www.neti-pot.com/
I can’t wait to see you guys at the Wanderlust Festival, just wodering if it’ll be possible to get autographs
I’m both an object-loser and a random thing-finder! Which makes looking for things on purpose very difficult. Because while I’m looking for that super important speeding ticket, I run across a picture of my neighbors’ kids at a party I found on the ground at my last apartment, a hilarious shopping with items and stores graphed out all super-anal-retentive, and a ticket to a movie I hated with a boy I loved. After looking at these things, I put them somewhere “important”, and I never find the speeding ticket.
Expect to box up a lot of this stuff and put it in a closet, with it marked “Mags’ House”. My parents gave me about 15 boxes of the weirdest things ever marked “Sarah’s House” like the minute I moved out. Thanks, Mom & Dad.
what a great story. i love that you two have a connection like that!
Hey , It’s Ollie’s Mom. I LOVE Magnolias glasses!! So cute. Also I had to tell you That Ollie’s Favorite song right now is ” Miss Magnolia” by Matt Costa. If you havent heard it yet, it is a really cute song. Even cuter when Ollie is singing it.
We are hoping that we see Mags when she dances on YGG!
I was a finder when I was a kid, and I had treasures all over the house that I could explain. Now, I find them and I wish I could remember what they were, but I usually don’t, so I release my treasures out into the world for someone else to find. I bet Mags will too, and I bet that she would love the idea that she was making a big treasure hunt for someone she doesn’t know to find and love.
i love dave eggers and all things eggers. that is so COOL. just cool.
the name Magnolia is on our list for the next babe. we have dakota, ian and lola..and i’m maggie may. magnolia is just beautiful, a beautiful name- and girlie.
i just found a website- i just posted photos on my page abotu it- that i think you’d love. it’s a mix of literary and rock and roll.
glad to have found you.
Hey guys’s big fan, i see you guys everytime you come to fl. anyway on the hives thing, i get my nephew every summer and i usually rub him down with aveeno oatmeal lotion(it soothes the itches) and it helps.
could it be sunscreen? you mentioned an outside connection … so i’m guessing. my friend’s son gets hives from sunscreen — and it’s not even everywhere the sunscreen went, just here and there. she’s had luck with the stick sunscreens (like a giant lipbalm) — i guess they don’t have the same ingredients as the lotions/sprays. just one idea … mystery ailments are the worst!!
Hi Kori,
Luc is a finder too (though what kid isn’t right?). He found a dead snake a few weeks ago and had it stored in his closet. I hated to throw it away, because it meant so much to him, but after a week, I had to do it.
And please, please write about being the wedding band. Haha! I hope no one’s making you play Shania still these days.
xo,
dani
Dani,
A snake? That’s got to be the best thing he ever found. Mags kept a slug in a jar for a while until it shriveled up. Miss you guys!
Tyler..i visit your site and its interesting really…Thanks for posting the URL