Day #221

Another slow day, with only one letter written. But I got my December journal look designed!

Incoming was one post-crossing card, 2 penpal letters and our very first Christmas card.

The Christmas card is from my first boy friend, whom I dated from age 13-16. He is now a Jesuit, but we still exchange cards at Christmas time. His is always the first card I receive and it drives me crazy because he always beats me. But this time I got him. I posted our annual Christmas letter on line and he received it a whole three days before his card arrived. (This may be due to the scary news in his card that he is battling what he calls "the old man's cancer"--I don't know if this is the cancer his father died of or prostate cancer, which I assume can be considered an old man's cancer)

Day #220

It was a light day, mail-wise.


I only wrote one letter, to a woman I found on SendSomething. I decided to write to her originally because she has the same name as a little girl I used to babysit for back in the 1950s. But then I found out she is 10 years older than I am, so I don't think it's the same person!

There was no incoming mail today, except junk mail, which is disappointing, but yesterday was such a good day, I can't complain.

Day #219

I wrote two letters today, and am now wondering if one of them is going to be returned because, according to this photo, I forgot to put a stamp on it. I hope that somehow I remembered before putting it in the mailbox. It was a U.S. letter; the other international (if it gets delivered and the recipient has to pay for the stamp, I apologize!!)

Mondays are nice--lots of mail, at least this one. Three letters today, one from Anjali, my sponsored child in India, a response to a letter I wrote to someone in India with those great Mother Theresa stamps, and a letter from a Canadian pen pal.

There were also all these postcards, all of which are post-crossing, except the one from Australia.

The Australia card is strange because it is identified as "capital cities in Australia," and on the back they are identified--but they have it wrong. The capital to the left of the map of Australia is identified as Canberra, but it's actually Perth (the only city I would be able to recognize!)

Day #218

Only two letters got written today, one may be the penultimate letter to Soldier Amanda, who will be back in the states for Christmas. Her C.O. says last date for mail from home is December 5. The other was to a penpal.

It's the Sunday after Thanksgiving and a lot of time was spent stripping all the edible meat off the turkey carcass and getting it ready to go into the crock pot for overnight cooking, prior to making a turkey stew tomorrow.

Day #217

Two post-crossing cards mailed today, along with a reply to a pen pal.

Incoming was a post-crossing card from the Netherlands, and a couple of pen pal replies

And then there is this fun gift from an anonymous person in Poland, who writes, "Please accept this small gift as a token of appreciation for promoting letter writing. As you will notice, there is no return address. Including one could suggest that -- contrary to my statement -- I might want something in return. Keep up the good work."

Thank you so MUCH. I am just tickled by this, and very grateful.

Day #216

Today was our belated Thanksgiving, but I woke early and had enough time to write a letter before we left for my mother's house.

The nice thing about doing a holiday a day late is that when you come home, there is a nice mailbox full of mail. This was a good batch, including a post-crossing card from Neuschwanstein Castle

Day #215

I got three postcards ready to mail tomorrow.


This being Thanksgiving, there was no incoming mail. We didn't celebrate because my son was busy having dinner with his in-laws, but tomorrow we are taking a turkey and all the trimmings to my mother's and we will have our Thanksgiving dinner there, just the five of us.