Synchronicities are fun.

I moved recently and as I was unpacking (and dusting, and delabeling, and undeadnaming) my music collection I came to notice that two of my CDs (Sarah McLachlan - Solace and Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls) had the same name written on them in the same handwriting. The name is pretty uncommon, and the same as the last name of a guy I had met a couple months ago. It was a long shot but I texted them a picture of the two cd’s next to eachother and asked “Do you have any relatives who are/were into artists like Sarah McLachlan and the Indigo Girls?”

To which they replied “Yes, my mom. That’s her handwriting.”

We later got confirmation from their mom that these actually were hers before her ex husband threw her entire collection away over a decade ago. I have offered to return them to her but have yet to receive a response. Kinda hope she lets me give them back to her, I like the way that it would bring things full circle.

What really gets me about all this is that I picked up the copy of Indigo Girls a little over seven years ago and the copy of Solace this year, in a location about 200 miles away.

I just thought that was neat and felt like sharing.

  • Enjoyer_of_Games [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    14·
    13 days ago

    Some books I thrifted had a little envelope inside with a handwritten heartfelt letter from a grandmother gifting them to her grand daughter and some old magazine clippings.

    I suspect the daughter never opened the books or knew about the letter.

    Would have been nice to have been able to pass that on but unfortunately there was nothing identifiable enough to go on.

  • TommyCatkins [none/use any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    13 days ago

    I have a collection of old Hungarian records my buddies found at a goodwill in rural Ohio. Some real bangers in there but they all had a sticker saying "From the collection of the most Hungarian name I have ever seen so I looked the guy up and found his obituary. He was born about a week before the siege if Budapest, and then his family fled to the US during the Hungarian uprising. His obituary was wild to read and it looked like he donated all his records before moving into a nursing home. But I love looking up the names on my record collection to see what I can learn about the journey the objects have been on. It makes me feel like I should start putting my name on all of my physical media as well to keep the journey going

    • Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      Thank you for sharing! Our objects carry a small trace of everyone who ever touched them but hardly ever can we go and see exactly who those people were.

      Thats a great idea. Ive been doing that with my books for years (with a little stamp no less!) but I had not thought to do it with my other media.

  • Johnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    12 days ago

    This professor I know was friends with Huey Newton’s wife and when he died she gave him his record collection. Apparently he was really into pop music.