Postcrossing post

Finnish Fishing Gnomes
Solothurn, Schweiz Christmas Pup
Seattle/Everett area. Certified ugly. (that's what the back said) but I don't think it's that ugly.

It Came!

Ruth, we got your package. Many thanks for the delicious chocolate covered fruit and nuts, they are all gone and I tried to share, but no one wanted to help. Can you believe that?

In other news: No postcards lately.

More Mail Man Heroics

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 13, 2008

Contact: Debra J. Fetterly
954-436-4451
debbie.j.fetterly@usps.gov

usps.com/news

Miami Postal Employee Finds Wandering Toddler

Miami FL — A Miami family is grateful to postal employee Mark McKinney, credited with securing the safety of a toddler, who wearing only a diaper, escaped through a living room window and roamed the streets of southwest Miami-Dade County on Monday.

McKinney is a custodian at Miami’s Quail Heights Post Office located at 10360 SW 186 Street. On Monday, November 10, he left the Post Office to repair a lock for a customer and spotted the toddler walking in the vicinity of SW 109 Avenue and SW 182 Street.

"I wanted him to get back in the arms of his parents because I know, as a father, I would want my child close by my side," said McKinney.

The toddler’s father thought his son was with his wife who was running errands in the area.

Kentucky!

Check out the card I found on postcrossing.com, it may be my new favorite. I wish it was mine.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/US-280350

Hurrah!

Tahitian Dancer

Oh, Jena has certainly raised the bar hasn't she? This one is splendid. Thank you Jena, wherever did you find such a gem?

Here's another delightful find, by Anna.

Man and horse, found at a swap meet (right?) I believe it said something about:
"You can only find old romance novels and books about God here, but whatelse is there in Small Town Pennsylvania."

Another Reason to LOVE Your Postman

They save babies.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A postman revived a lifeless toddler while he was walking his route in Sacramento.

Robert Sweeney said he was finishing his route through a Natomas neighborhood Thursday when he heard the panicked cries of Kelly Jimenez's mother, who came running out of their house.

"She said, 'My baby, my baby,'" Sweeney said. "My first thing was, I grabbed the baby from her arms, and I just brought her over here and laid her in the grass."

Sweeney performed CPR on the 19-month-old child. Neighbors called 911, and he revived the girl before paramedics arrived.

Kelly Jimenez is listed in good condition at UC Davis Medical Center.

"I'm hoping that she's going to be OK. You know, her still being in the hospital concerns me but at least she's in good hands," Sweeney said.

Sweeney also said the emotion of the moment didn't hit him until he got back in his truck to go home, and started crying.

"You don't ever think you would be in a situation like that," he said.

Still Waiting

Though we're STILL waiting for Ruthie's Parcel, the Post did bring something else that was nice today. Here's the fantastic postcard I got from my Bro today. Aren't my nephews precious? Awwwwww. Thanks guys.


And in other news: More postcards from Switzerland
From the summer vols. I cried when I learned that Sherlock Holmes met his end here. Guess I should read the end of books more often--I would have known.
From Jen.
Also from Jen. The lovely valley of Frutigen, where I catch the train to the rest of the world. Jen and Sarah went swimming here.
From Ruthie and Magdalena. They were in Luzern following my scavenger hunt. Look at all the skeletons they found!

From the summer vols. Jungfraujoch. Allison and Catherine went skiing here. (sorry guys, the postcards are all in the post on their way back to the states so I can't be more specific about captions and stuff, this is all from memory).

Finally more mail

5 days without post makes me quite sad. But today was a Good Day: Laura sent these lovely gems to Jen and I.
Idaho city. This is Jen's card and I don't have the caption--perhaps she will post it in comments?

This is my card.

Tombstone, Arizona
Early Tombstone days produced an abundance of bad men, many of whom died of gunshot wounds or were legally hanged. This replica of the gallows used here in the 1880's now stands in the courtyard of the original Cochise County Courthouse.

9 December 2009

Today, a lovely collection of vintage Swiss cards. Aren't they Awesome? From: Jen, Ruthie, Jena and some other friends (summer vols who collaborated on postcards).




Laura, Jen and Laura's mom have all sent their cards to Obama. Have You?

8 Dec 08

Received post from Peon Katie today:
In memory of OgoPogo. She says that this is what he'd look like if he were Cartoon rather than Girl-Scout-Cookie Box OgoPogo.

In other news: I've sent my postcard to Obama, Jen has sent her postcard to Obama (and she's Finnish!) Have YOU sent your postcard to Obama?

No Mail today, but a Worthy Project

This is super important:  Write Obama!  Get out your postcards, send them to our new President, remind him to keep his promises.

Dear President-elect Obama,

Please ask Congress to repeal D.O.M.A. and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' Thank you in advance for advocating for the civil rights of your LGBT citizens.  

SIGN YOUR NAME - There is nothing more powerful than that.

President-elect Barack Obama
Presidential Transition Office
Kluczynski Federal Building
230 S. Dearborn St., 38th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604

Join the Impact's report--copied below

Here's the original Postcard Project page:

stand up. speak out. stay strong.

Project Postcard - In the Spirit of Thanksgiving
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 20:00
Posted in category proposition 8

Recently, President Elect Barack Obama released his Civil Rights Agenda on Change.gov. Whether you agree with his election into office or not, his transparency and eagerness to communicate with the American people is a true testament to his grassroots ideals and fight for change that many voted for. This Civil Rights Agenda includes “Support for the LGBT Community” in the following ways:
Expand Hate Crimes Statutes
Fight Workplace Discrimination
Support FULL Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples (Includes Repealing DOMA)
Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
Repeal Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell
Expand Adoption Rights
Promote HIV/AIDS Prevention

We are in the eye of this generation’s Civil Rights Movement and we cannot stop this momentum now! Barack Obama has laid out many great promises, but we need to pave the way for him to legislate on our behalf. Even Barack Obama makes promises for votes, so let’s take a moment to remind him of his promises and let him know that we will keep this movement going to hold him to his word and help him along the way. Because of this, while we have many initiatives on the Calendar to keep moving forward and fighting for equality, we want to squeeze something in that we ask for your immediate attention on. We feel that, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, it is time to say “thank you” and let President Elect Barack Obama know that we have read his promises and will do what it takes to help him follow through. As such, JoinTheImpact is teaming up with the Civil Rights Front’s Project Postcard Campaign.

We know that protesting isn’t for everyone and many people want to join this movement in any way they can. As such, the Civil Rights Front came to us with this amazing project and we are getting behind it. Get a postcard from your town and send it to the address provided in the link above. This will go directly to our President Elect and show him that we exist everywhere. Sometimes it’s hard to come out in your rural community, to your family, church, and loved ones. We understand this, because we have all been there, and hope that our movement makes it easier for everyone to feel safe in their surroundings. Here’s your chance to put out your call for change without fear. Let’s show the President Elect that we are everywhere! Saturday’s marches brought this conversation to a national level. Let’s keep it going! Please take some time, some spare change, a pen, and your spirit of hope and tell President Elect Barack Obama “thank you!” along with a gentle reminder that DOMA should be repealed and equal rights legislation must move forward.

The Civil Rights Front offers a great template for you:

Dear President-elect Obama,
Repeal D.O.M.A.! All Americans should have the right to marry. Thank you in advance for advocating for the civil rights of your LGBT citizens. 

Once you have sent one postcard, send another, and another. Let’s make an impact in the heart of America’s Most Powerful man. Moving forward, JoinTheImpact will provide you with many opportunities to keep this conversation going, but this is the chance to bring the conversation to our next administration. Let’s get on board, send some postcards, and flood the leader of hope with our own message of hope and change!

CLICK HERE FOR THE ADDRESS TO SEND POSTCARDS TO

To Quote President Elect Barack Obama:

“While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It’s about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect.”

Fun Fact

Postcard collecting is called "Deltiology" and is the third most popular hobby after stamp collecting and coin collecting. --wikipedia

6 December 2008

No Post today.  I kept myself from crying too hard by scanning my entire collection of postcards (the ones I've gotten here in Switzerland anyway).  I'll work on posting them.

Good news though:  It's Finnish Independance Day!  Jen sent this while she was home on Holiday this summer.  The green leafy thing is what they hit eachother with when they're in the Sauna together, naked.

It's also snowing like crazy, so here are some tropical-type cards that make me feel warm inside.

From Vanessa, she stopped over in Sunny Miami on her way back to Honduras.

Also from Honduras, I'd like to visit there someday soon, as soon as I learn some Spanish, oh and have some money again.

This one is from Jen's parents who were just on holiday in Brazil.  I have still never received a card from Brazil.

Still Waiting

Yesterday I got no mail. I did pick up some very nice postcards from Elsigen. The pink and very 1980's type cards that I like so very very much.

Still waiting for my new postcrossings friends to receive my cards so that someone will send me one!

I've got the day off so I may try to scan some of my favorite cards to show you the variety of ugly cards I currently own.

PostCrossings...

This morning, I put 6 postcards in the mail box. Two are for friends from my List. Check your mailboxes, see if you're the lucky ones this week!

I've also sent out my first postcards to my new postcrossings friends. I sent them to Finland, Holland, the US and Germany. One was to a little German girl, so I practiced my Baby-German. "Ich liebe Pferde auch! Ich bin eine Pfadfinderin!"

This is fun, hopefully I'll start getting my postcrossing postcards soon.

PostCrossing

Ok, I wrote that last post while horribly exhausted.

I just found this awesome site called Postcrossing.com

Go check it out, right now. You sign up and they give you random addresses to send postcards to. When those people recieve your postcards they release your address into the random-address pool and then someone will send you a card.

I've already sent 4. Perhaps I will get some really interesting cards soon.

This is a Good Idea.

I have been collecting postcards for several years. I especially love ugly postcards, because I think they're generally harder to find. I love to send cards, and I love to receive them.

There's not much that makes me happier than checking the mail and finding a card from a friend. So I've got this Idea. I'll send cards to anyone you want. That's right. I'll send cards on demand, to people I don't know. Nothing says "I Love You" or "Hi" quite like an anonymous, bewildering postcard from a different country!

I'll do it once every two weeks, you can bid on my services in this auction:

http://www.delcampe.com/item.php?language=E&id=0049070777

In other news:
Stay tuned for the development of this project, as well as day to day musings on my own postcard collection.