On The Write Path

Snail mail chatter

Elfin Dragon-finally published asks: Time to let your Snail Mail friends know what you've been up to and maybe even what you're planning. And here are some other things we're putting in the newsletter as well... "The Snail Mail Forum" 

l) Let us know what (or how) you're doing.

18 months of not leaving town ... and you ask?

2) News Around the World - Are there any news items you'd like to share with us which caught your eye? Are there any COVID updates which we need to be aware of?

Numbers sky high in Montana. Hospitals filling up. 63% vaxxed here in Missoula. 43% outside of Glacier Park. Only 50% statewide. Please don't visit Montana unless you are young, healthy and vaxxed.

Lots of turmoil and uncertainty worldwide. Affects travel but not the mail so much.

3) Pen Pal Letter Ideas - Do you have any ideas to share with us on what to send/write for getting that new letter written?

Make a copy of a short story or poem (unless you want to write it out long hand) and include it with a card. Sign it, date it, number it, whatever... Consider stapling it to the card, using the card as a cover.

I may do this because international rates from the US are the same whether it's a postcard or a letter or a card. I have a thousand and one poems. I'm sure I could find a few to send. I could take a piece of paper fold it into quarters and have 8 pages. Or fold it in half. Why am I not doing this? I need access to a printer.

Stamps ... ask Sonali. She's known for postmarks. Pat Boutilier sent me a card with stickers. I just received a rock.

DO NOT SEND FLOWERS internationally or anything that may upset Customs. Same with cards. Cultural sensitivities can create unwanted problems. For instance... I wouldn't send a postcard of the flag of Taiwan to China.

Don't limit yourself to English if you know another language. I accept calligraphy and watercolors. Make your own postcards.

4) New Addresses - Do you have a new address?

Nope. Same-o, same-o. I'm hidden after December, under "others", because I don't give my birthday out. Address? Sure: PO Box 9036, Missoula, MT 59807.

5) Do you have a suggestion for me, for the Newsletter?

Speaking to myself: if you are tired of where you are at, go elsewhere or do something new. This is an issue with covid. I'm learning some basic Thai these days. Plotting a trip.

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