I really love postcards. Sending, receiving, it’s all win. It’s so exciting to get one and then I stick it up on my wall and look at it and grin. A lot. One day, when I’m too old to have things blu-tacked to my walls anymore, I’ll gather up all my postcards into a book and put it on my shelf. And the book will be called “Post is what I like the most”
I have horrible handwriting and I talk to the people I send postcards to quite a lot, so by the time they have received my letter I have usually phoned them and told them my hilarious anecdote/big news/non-event already. Much better to send a couple of sentences or a phrase
Usually I take a photo then print it and stick it to a piece of card, sometimes I take a regular postcard and add a dymo label to it. I have sewed messages onto the front of cards too, though that gives me sore fingers. I think everyone should send each other postcards. The world would be a better place.
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June 4, 2008 at 8:14 pm
I’m sure you already know all about this site, it seems like the sort of thing you would, so I’m tentatively going to recommend PostSecret. It can be a little depressing, but some of them are pretty clever.
And I agree, I think I should send more postcards, it’s a great idea.
June 4, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Yeah I do :) clever you for knowing I would know. I used to like them a lot, but recently I’ve grown a bit bored with it. Which isn’t to say I don’t still read every Sunday.
June 4, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I knew you’d know I knew.
Yeah it’s not what it once was, but it’s still my Sunday morning guilty pleasure. It’s worth it for the one great postcard every other month or so.
June 4, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I’m so tired of bills and bank statements. I long for post being as fun as it was when I was a child. Everything was interesting then: birthdays cards of course but also club memberships, competitions, things you’d saved up for with toothpaste coupons…
By the way, if you like Twitter and you like postcards, you’ll love Dawdlr.
Russell checks the post office box (I want a PO box!) and scans the results every six months. Brilliant.