LOST: Postcards from my Cape Cod trip
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LOST: I was wandering along Commercial Street in Provincetown at around 5:15 pm last Friday when I realized my tote with a small bundle of postcards had vanished. The cards feature Cape Cod lighthouse photos and a note I wrote to my grandmother on the back, and they were the most meaningful souvenir from this trip. I’d left them on a wooden bench near the Pilgrim Monument while I ducked into a tiny shop to grab a pastry, and by the time I came back they were gone. They carry a memory of home and of laughter with friends, and I’m hoping someone picked them up and kept them safe by the harbor.
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