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! 

The Cricketer

I've had this postcard for so long, it was hard to part with. Bought at a museum during a trip to Chicago.

 

"Barry Flanagan, The Cricketer, 1989, 186" x 72" x 72," bronze. From the exhibition, Horses, Rabbits, Elephants . . . and People Everywhere, presented by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, May 3 through October 30, 1996, in Grant Park, Chicago.

 

I wrote a quote:

 

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." - William G.T. Shedd

 

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Mailed early 2016

Allegany County

This postcard was received blank from a swap at swap-bot, and 1 year later (2016) mailed to Vicky in China.

 

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On the back:

"The name Allegany comes from the Native American word "oolikhanna", which means "beautiful stream".

 

If you read that caption, know that there were hundreds of tribes in the United States before settlors came, so I have no idea which language it meant "beautiful stream" in. It's like saying "comes from the European word" ...