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Misano
Lately, I’ve been chatting on Facebook with Thomas, the German exchange student who stayed with us for a month in 2006 and 2007. It made me think about my own stint as an exchange student to Germany...
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London Dungeon
To kick off my “haunted places” theme for October, I thought I’d share this postcard from London that my brother sent me. In it he says, “When you guys do London, you HAVE TO take in The London...
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Buffalo
Since I’m leaving on a business trip today, I thought I’d share this postcard I sent to my co-workers back in 1998. I got to go to Buffalo in January at the same time another co-worker was going to...
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Greetings From Hell
In case you can’t read this, it says: It may look beautiful, but we’re actually in Hell! Wish you were here! Love, Jo I miss those puppies and Coyote. My mother sent this postcard to her sister. As...
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Postcrossing
I’ve mentioned my love of Bookcrossing. And my ever-growing collection of postcards. So it was only natural that I would be interested in something that combines the two. Enter Postcrossing. The goal...
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Boys, Boys, Boys
I’m getting ready to go on vacation and a friend of mine asked me to send her a postcard. Of course, I will! I love sending postcards. It prompted me to look through some old postcards that friends...
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Holy Smokes! A Blast From the Past
One of the things I love about my postcard collection is being able to pull out a handful at random and reminiscing about the people who sent them, or the places I’ve visited. Sometimes I come across a...
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Having a Fabulous Time! (The big lie)
My friend Gena recently sent me this postcard. I actually got it the day before she returned from Key West. So when I saw her, I held it up and thanked her and said it sounded like she’d had a great...
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From Santa Claus From Santa Claus
Have you ever wondered where letters to Santa Claus go? I can tell you. They go to Indiana. Santa Claus, Indiana. And Santa writes back. Each year the Santa Claus Museum & Village and a group of...
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Greek With Envy
In a perfect world, I would have been heading to Greece in a week for the TBEX (Travel Blogger Exchange) Conference – Europe 2014. In my unperfect world, I have to miss it because it’s the busiest...
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Father’s Day Past
Just thought I’d share this postcard from a Father’s Day past. As you’ll read, we’d gone to the Loveland Castle (Yes, there’s a castle here in Cincinnati!) and were getting ready to leave for...
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German Exchange Students
This postcard is from Bettina, a girl I met in Germany many, many years ago. I was an exchange student there and didn’t mesh well with Cornelia, the girl who was my host. She’d stayed at my house...
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This Postcard Really Pops!
Ever since I told my Belgian friend Erna that I collect postcards, she has been sweet enough to send them to me on her travels. And she travels A LOT!! Puts me to shame. But the best part about her...
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A Birthday in Sweden
My friend Erna, who lives in Belgium, learned that I collect postcards and now sends them to me whenever she travels. Which is a lot. And to places all over the world. I get to see her once or twice a...
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Postcard from Lisbon
My friend Doug brought me this postcard. He’d meant to mail it, but couldn’t find a stamp during his short layover in Lisbon. What he did find was some excellent food, as you can read in his note. He...
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Postcard from Hell
A co-worker sent me this postcard years ago. In case you can’t read it, it says: Well, I’m exactly where I’m sure a lot of my teammates have wished me. I’m in Hell! Was that true? No comment. Though I...
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