Booklines

Sent this to ensigncelery in California, the first and last lines of Glennon Doyle's Untamed, which my friend Stephanie recently lent to me!

And I just got this from Nicole, with the first and last lines from The Shunned House by HP Lovecraft.

She also included a picture of her "bookworm" Jake, who is an adorable old pup <3

Would You Rather?

From Swap-bot, would you rather have the ability to travel to any fictional place or have the ability to learn any skill by observing it?

I sent my answer on this Japanese postcard to Danielle in Massachusetts: 

And got this from Sherra in North Carolina:

She and I had the same answer: learn something by observing it.

Also, she's into Letterboxing, which I had never heard of! I might have to try to find a local box!

more mail in February!

More InCoWriMo mail this month....

Swap-bot Adult Coloring page:

Postcrossing Postcard, Aristarkos requested religious imagery:

Swap-bot vintage tourist card, Vivien prefers city photography. This photo of the Lincoln memorial almost looks like an illustration:

Swap-bot TGIF weekend 331 notecard:

Margiebee and some vintage stamps

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Mt Rushmore collage postcard to Margaret in DC. She likes illustrations, especially of cities and places. I hope this fits the bill! 

One of her prompts was "Do you have a story about a memorable meal or food item?" So I wrote a little anecdote...

I also took this opportunity to use some of my vintage stamps! Laura, owner of my very favorite store, Postscript, curates collections of these vintage stamps. I have so many! They are hard to part with, but I am finally putting them to use. 

TGIF Weekend Notecard

Swap-bot TGIF Weekend Notecard #330

Sent to Candace in North Carolina, who likes owls.

Incowrimo #6

InCoWriMo

International Correspondence Writing Month!

"InCoWriMo challenges you to hand-write and mail/deliver one letter, card, note or postcard every day during the month of February." - https://incowrimo.org/

Today is the 5th of February, so here are the 5 things I have written and sent this month!

Feb 1: Photobooth postcard to Martina in Slovakia, who likes photography and asked to hear about the day:

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I also got to use an old stamp on this one! 

Feb 2: Oklahoma Route 66 postcard to Vidas in Lithuania. I've had this in my collection since I drove down Route 66 in March 2011!

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I hope he enjoys the scene stamps! 

Feb 3: "3 Things in an Envelope" to Candy in Oregon. This was done through swap-bot.com, a swap of 3 things we think the recipient would like. I sent (1) newspaper pages in another language (these i brought home from Spain in 2004!), (2) postcards based on her list of like, and (3) vintage looking washi samples.

Feb 4: Downtown Los Angeles postcard to Heiko in Germany: 

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Feb 5: Choshi Waterfall (Japan) to Anastasia in Israel:

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Happy InCoWriMo!