Do you send Christmas cards? Not the e-card, the Christmas gif over text or the latest tik tok video. I mean the real deal paper, requires-a-postage-stamp kind of Christmas card. Do you send those? According to the Canada Post Christmas mail schedule, it is time to send Christmas cards. The USPS schedule is similar. Starting […]
Aunt Shirley always gave Christmas stamps
Aunt Shirley loved postage stamps. Especially the Christmas ones. Every year she would gift her nieces and nephews a collection of holiday stamps. She meticulously searched for and collected the stamps, chronicling which ones she still needed to get and how many she had already aquired. curated stamps with care It was an unexpected surprise […]
Do guys write letters?
Recently I received a letter from a man who was perturbed with me. He suggested that I depict letter writing to be a female pass time. Stopped me in my tracks he did. Once I got over my emotional response, which was not pretty, I sent him back a letter. I wish I kept a […]
Things left behind in books
What people use to mark their place in a book varies as much as the titles on a bookshelf. This collection of things left behind in books is on display at one of my favorite book shops. Things used as bookmarks don’t get thrown out Cafe Books in Canmore is a must visit when you […]