InCoWriMo 2020 Update

Valentine's writing supplies, postagestamps, pen

This is how I spent Sunday February 8. Even though I would send Valentine cards anyway, I am still counting this towards writing a letter (card or postcard) every day with International Correspondence Writing Month (InCoWriMo). Valentine Cards Stickers A nice pen Postage Stamps Vintage postage

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Frog Stamps

frog postage stamps

Not everyone loves frogs, but those who do will love these stamps! They go on sale today at the USPS. A sheet of 20 costs $11. Would you like a postcard with one of these frog stamps? Leave a comment and I’ll randomly send up to 20 cards or postcards. You can put your name…

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Sesame Street Stamps

sheet of stamps feauturing Sesame Street characters

These colorful stamps go on sale today, June 22, 2019. The sheet of 16 stamps retails for $8.80 at the USPS site, or wherever new postage stamps are sold.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

newly stamped envelopes

Lots of mail went out this week. The cards in this picture are a combination of Valentine cards, Birthday cards, some InCoWriMo cards, and a few postcards from Swap-bot. Swap-bot is a site where you can sign up for all kinds of mail swaps. This description is on their website: Swap-bot is a online service…

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Lovely Cards for Mailing this Fall

greeting cards and postage stamps

I recently visited one of the Twin Cities’ Bibelot gift shops and, as always, I left with a handful of lovely greeting cards. Lucky me, I also found in my stamp stash, a partial sheet of Halloween pumpkin stamps. Who to send them to? I have three pen pals, friends who live in other states,…

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Roatan Post Office

In February of this year we went to Roatan, Honduras for a winter getaway. I had never heard of the island of Roatan before discussing this vacation with our friends. “Who goes to the Honduras for vacation?” I recall asking. They explained that Roatan is an island off the coast of Honduras that is renowned…

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