It is always nice to hear from pen pals from the past - this one is from Candy. We go way back - although we have never met in person. I suspect that anyone who know that there is a George at my address reads the blog fairly often. It's hard to know what percentage of posts mention him.
Here's another one from Patty - it wasn't her exchange envelope - but I am including it because it's another nice layout with the elf stamp. Putting two small first names on top of a chunky last name is a very good *formula* to address a whole stack of envelopes -- and one I should consider if I actually get myself to respond to all the fun holiday mail that we received.
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I saw this while I was reading articles from the U of Iowa Special Collections - and it struck me that there are now 2 generations of people who do not know the joy of USPS communication. There are quite a few people of my generation who read and exchange - and I bet a bunch of you know exactly what I am talking about. There are certain moments that feel like yesterday - as I recall some significant notes and letters that arrived way-back-when. And then --- those few letters that get saved for a really long time.
Of course our emails are probably lodged permanently in some random place in the ozone -- but who will ever slog through them. Which makes me wonder -- how many emails do I write per year? Do any of my techie readers know if there is a *counting tool* on email? I sorta wanna know and I sorta don't wanna know. And so many people have just switched to texting as the preferred method of communication.
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