“Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Satchel Paige, Baseball Pitcher and Sage The image is of a postcard I received from Germany with an image that reminded me of Peter Max the Pop Artist. It is actually by Michael Craig-Martin who is certainly influenced by Peter Max. Max is still alive (85) but I don’t mind.
“Be the reason that someone smiles today.” A Phoenix sunset on 2/28/2023. Looking west on Camelback Rd at 22nd Street. Yes I stood in the road to take this picture. A saying printed on a postcard I received from India last week.
I received this postcard from Lilli and Rebecca when they drove to Hana during our December trip to Maui. I supplied the stamps. They said it was “roughly the equivalent of several raccoons.” Driving the Road to Hana is an experience that is not easily illustrated. This card does a pretty good job but it doesn’t get there. A photo of a concert does not give you the experience of going to the concert. The same is true with the Road to Hana. It has… Read More »The Road to Hana
I received this great Sonoran Desert Christmas Postcard from a Postcrosser in Canada. I’m going to try to track it down and use it for my card next year. As Lantern Press says “It’s all about the image.” I’ve used the same card for about four years now and it is getting old fashioned. My old card.
“First Save, Then Buy!” This illustration on this postcard is a reproduction of a matchbook cover distributed by the East German Government in the 1950’s. West Germany was zooming ahead of East Germany economically and this little bit of propaganda shows that one way the East tried to counter it is by claiming the moral high ground. Why did East Germany collapse? One reason is that the West Germans with free market, capitalist economy could build the Mercedes Benz. One of the best production cars… Read More »Socialist Economics Illustrated
I received this postcard of the Matterhorn in a thunder storm from Claudia in Germany. It is the first in a series of weekly postcards. I’m not sure how it will evolve yet but this sure is a great image to start with and it looks like a postcard that had a long journey. I know how to take a picture of lightning with an iPhone. Credit to Postcrossing for making this possible.
Decolletage Noun: A low neckline on a woman’s dress, especially one that reveals or emphasizes her cleavage. Example: “Decolletage that would be admired in London would be totally unacceptable in Tehran.
I belong to Postcrossing and many of the active members are from Russia and Ukraine. It has been an interesting year for them and for the administrators of the group. I recently received two cards that tell stories that we don’t read in our media. This card is from Moscow it says in part: “And you should know that peaceful people live in Russia, but the government has gone crazy.” This one is from Crimea. It has Russian stamps but the Postcrossing code (the UA… Read More »Russia/Ukraine
“Time is precious. Time is money. Time is the stuff of which life is made.” Benjamin Franklin in Advice to a Young Tradesman. (1748) The postcard illustrates the opposite sentiment as did Franklin in his later years.
Postcards are one of my hobbies and I participate two ways. One is through Postcrossing.com and the other is by sending postcards to a couple of hundred people who I have come into contact with over the past 20 years. The list includes relatives, friends, friends of friends, and random strangers who have expressed an interest in getting a postcard. I had the honor of sending postcards to the last surviving friend of my wife’s parents and when Fritz died recently his daughter made a… Read More »Tuzigoot Postcard