One more thing about the US Postal Service: stamps. The Literary Arts series, started during Jimmy Carter's presidency, is nifty fifty. The Dorothy Parker stamp of 1992 is one of my favorites. One time when I wanted more of these after they'd sold out at the post office, I ordered a full sheet of fifty off of eBay. It's easy enough to make up the difference with smaller value stamps.
This year's crop of stamps will include the 200th birthday commemoration of two household dudes: Abe Lincoln and Edgar Allan Poe.
And what to put the stamps on? I've always liked personal letters and post cards and everything associated with them. It's virtually a lost art these days, thanks to cell phones and the internet -- almost like seeing a horseback rider in a city. As of 2009, I'm more likely to send a "greeting card" or a post card than a full letter, but maybe it's time to get back into it every once in a while. There's something warm about a personal letter, even if it takes a little longer to get there.
Today's Rune: Initiation. Happy 74th Birthday to my Mom, Barbara Marie Shaffer France!
6 comments:
I like Uncle's Forever stamps, although nothing lasts forever.--Pierce Inverarity
I liked the Ronald Reagan stamp...not because I am a particular fan but because them I mailed it to would simply shake their head and wonder if my mind was falling apart.
I was better about writing letters when I first moved to NOLA. I need to get on that again.
I will have to get some of those Poe stamps
I always pick out interesting commemoratives if I buy at the post office or online (priority mail delivery for one buck, no matter what the amount!). My current crop of stamps have old African-American movies on them.
I still like to send notes and letters. I am old skool. Remember those old hippy stamps with love and the peace dove on 'em?
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