Category: Mail

This is from Katja who tells me she lives in a little city in the middle of nowhere, has two gorgeous children and a dog and loves her job as a photographer.

This is from regular commenter Sara, who tells me she say Bill Nye AND They Might Be Giants.  Also that there was a lot of DFTBA* merchandise on people, which does not surprise me at all.

*DFTBA means Don’t Forget To Be Awesome and is the rallying cry of Nerdfighters. Also see this post.

This is from Dasha, who lives in Saint-Petersburg.  She really loves dancing hip-hop and going to ballet.  Also travelling and skiing. 

The stamps are nice, but I took a picture because they were in two places on the card:  the traditional spot,

And also in the lower left corner, where the postcard message goes.

This is from Kathleen, who lives in Singapore and makes it a point to read at least one book per month.  She is a wedding cinematographer and has a blog.  She sent along a great quote, which is also featured in this beautiful picture on her blog.

It also came with this fabulous “Vanishing Trades” stamp.

I kind of love Kathleen.

I participated in Oregon Humanities first Dear Stranger project where you write a letter to a stranger (the theme was “me”) send it to Dear Stranger at Oregon Humanities with a SASE. They shuffle the letters and send you one, theoretically from another part of the state.  I got my letter in right before the May 5 deadline, but I was still surprised to find a letter in my mailbox on May 9.  

My letter was not from someone in Oregon, it was from a student in Wisconsin who was writing the letter as part of a college assignment.  She also did not include a return address, so that was unfortunate.  Still, I enjoyed the mail and hope that the person who got my letter will write me back.  I really need more pen pals.  

If you are interested in participating in Dear Stranger in August, sign up for the Oregon Humanities newsletter.

This is from my friend D. who says the colors and the vastness of the canyon are awesome.

This is from Frank and Jeannette who are 47 and just got back from a Peter Gabriel concert.  They also saw two of the Bavarian royal castles and did some walking.

This is from Sara, who will soon be sending me postcards from an entirely different state of the union. She reports they had very good weather for their visit to Natural Bridge.  I am currently loving all the benches placed just so, so one can contemplate the natural bridge from a sitting position.

This is from Lu, who wished me a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  This caused confusion on my part as it’s the end of April.  The Chinese postmark says April 21.  When I registered it, I found that Lu sent it at the end of December.  Where did it go for four months?

Fun stamps.  I love the fish one especially.

This is from someone whose name was obscured by the bar code stamp.  She asked me about spring in Oregon and says that it’s 10 degrees in Finland. Google tells me that  is 50 degrees Fahrenheit. She tells me also that fishing season has started which is a good reason to stay outdoors.  She also hopes her choice of card is acceptable and it is, because I adore the two old ladies.  

Fun stamp with this one too!

This is from Switzerland.  Catherine sent it to me.  We have in common novel reading and she translates the front as “you smile and the world changes.”

I like these stamps, partially because we have an area outside of Portland called Helvetia.  I forget that there was a big group of Swiss here. 

I loved this card, because the illustration is so detailed, plus there is gold filigree all over it that makes it very pretty to look at.  This is from Katherine and she is an 18-year-old student in Taiwan.  She said her parents used to go to grocery stores like this when they were young but such stores have been replaced by convenience stores.

You have to look sideways (sorry) but that’s a beetle and some kind of berry.

This is called “May Wind” and is from Caroline.  Her three facts are:  “I’m happy today very much because my mother has birthday.  I gather sugar packets.  I have more than thousand. I’m 27 years old but I still think and feel that I’m 15 years old. But I think that this is my advantage rather than disadvantage.”

When I registered the postcard, I told her how my friends and I used to bring each other lighters when we went on trips, even before any of us smoked.  And she wrote back and said that her friend’s daughter married a millionaire in America and when the friend went to visit they collected sugar packets everywhere.  

Postcrossing is so awesome.

This is from A-Chien who lives in Kaohsiung and is 37 years old.  A-Chein especially likes this tower.

I’m going to start taking pictures of the super awesome stamps that come with some of the postcards.  This had four different stamps, all different.  So cool.

This is from Lori, who works at the Chandelier Tree and is a non-drinking bartender.  When I registered the card, I wrote her that I was once a vegetarian meat seller.