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Snail Mail Recently Received

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I have been really enjoying my foray into the world of snail mail.   This is my first postcard from Postcrossings!   My favorite part were the wonderful stamps on it! It came from Oregon and I met a new friend with twin boys!   I joined in January and have sent out five postcards now.   This first postcard was very exciting to receive! Postcards take quite a while to travel and one must  be very patient in this instant age!   I sent one to Taiwan this morning to a young man interested in lighthouses. Well, heavens!!  He hoped I would send a postcard with a lighthouse for his collection.   I didn't have one for him on hand so I sent one with a photo my son in law took on a visit to the Outer Banks. I used an app on my phone, Postagram that my sister Karan, the world traveler discovered and shared with me.    The receiver doesn't have the fun of great looking stamps with this app,  but at...

Correspondence and Such

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I have been busy at the post office lately sending postcards and letters and packages. For Friday's Hunt, I'm using E for Engage.  It's good to engage with others via correspondence.  No man is an island!   I love snail mail and wish I had more fun mail than I do, but it's because I haven't been sending out much of anything.  I signed up with Postcrossing.com , Jill from A Little Bit of Everything  suggested it and so I immediately signed up.    I've sent out a couple of international postcards.  One has been received and noted so I should be getting one in the mail soon.   I'm going to stagger the postcards so replies don't all come at once.  You can send up to five and the number increases when they see them arrive and are noted on the account. Here is a greeting card from my friend, Diane at Diane Wants to Write I love the native outfits from the Philippines on the front, and inside the nice message. Thank...