“The postcard is a curious form. It is the epitome of what linguists call phatic communication: a message with no inherent content, sent for its own sake and simply saying, ‘Hello, IR...Read More
Postcards were an important means of communicating in the 19th and 20th centuries. But now in the 21st century as electronic communication and digital photography grow the postcard is becoming an an...Read More
I’d like to send a shout out to the staff at the Loews Atlanta Hotel and especially to the assistant director of housekeeping, Stephanie P. We were in Atlanta, over the Memorial Day wee...Read More
Here is a unique summer vacation destination. In the 1920’s Mr E F Stenman built this house out of old newspaper as a hobby. It now a museum and for only two dollars you can tour it this sum...Read More
I received a postcard from New Zealand which was cool. The message on the card, surprisingly, was unreadable. I suspect that the sender was trying to send me a gentle hint about my handwriting skills....Read More
I bought this postcard in Washington DC last week: It made me wonder if they have a postcard of the “Presidents of Egypt?” Would it just have three photos on it?...Read More
I was in Washington DC for a screening of my documentary Beyond Borders and had some time between meetings so I visited the Postal Museum near Union Station. In the gift shop they sell postcards and...Read More
Halcyon Bush is the very good Post Mistress on Utila in Honduras. She has a great name, a wonderfully happy demeanor and is an excellent representative of the endangered Post Office. In March I and a ...Read More
Along with the historic wedding photos Kathy and Brian had another good idea at their wedding. Instead of a guest book they had the guests send them postcards. They supplied a big stack of histori...Read More
Go Postal is a free app for sending picture postcards via the U.S. Postal Service to friends and family from your iphone. At present it can only be used to send postcards to U.S. addresses. You can us...Read More