The notes people leave or give to each other are like shining a light into the crevices and cracks of how we behave as people: Everything from mundane shopping lists to signs in shop windows, funny personal ads and love letters. It's often the most unintentional things about them or an amusing response that wasn't intended, that takes them from 'just a note' to something extraordinary. Ever since my kids left notes around our house for the tooth fairy or Santa (I will do ano

I meet with a group of friends in Edinburgh to ruminate over writing, actually write (if there is not too much gossip to be shared), read, and learn something new. One of these friends, Anjelica, told us a story about being kept awake in her flat by the nighttime activities of her new next-door neighbors. To be honest, I was slightly envious, it sounded like the perfect situation for a romance author! The following morning, she woke up to a note and a packet of biscuits on he