Quirky thoughts from an old man.
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 …
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” Confucius This wise saying on a postcard came to me from San Diego via Postcrossing. It is definitely a platitude but it might also be wrong. For instance if you are in a race slow is bad if you want …
“I visited Bristol, for the first time, recently and was surprised by how picturesque it is.” Hannah
“I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.” A hiking saying from a Postcrossing card sent by Valentina from Russia
A Tom Cat postcardMeowing in the mailboxPurring into spring
“Home is where you are happy!”
”You never walk alone.” Is it an admonition or a declaration? This postcard came from a Postcrossing member in Germany. She was somehow involved in making the card with Arendt Laude in Berlin
The US Post Office is the Amtrak of our children’s generation. It has outlived its usefulness but, because of its sheer size, its momentum will carry it forward another hundred years. There are union jobs to protect but more than that there is the nostalgia of the mailman. I’ve been writing about is for at …
Look at this picture carefully. It has two nudes in it.
Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. This quote is variously attributed. I saw it first on the Postcrossing profile of a person who I sent a card to.