Tag Archives: Postcards

Santa Blogs XLI

Dear Santa Blogs      I have always appreciated your advice on giving pre-owned objects as gifts, but as years go by, i find the wish lists of my grandchildren very difficult to translate.  One grandchild in particular gives me a lot of instructions which are awfully technical.  Are second-hand postcards at all appropriate for suchContinue reading “Santa Blogs XLI”

Larger Trivia Overdose

     Responses to my most recent column were evenly split, about half using the word “Scrooge” and the others using “Grinch.”  (There were a few other words which are new to me, but I got the general gist.)  It occurs to me that perhaps I was a little hard on those people who announce startlingContinue reading “Larger Trivia Overdose”

Airy Problems

     I know it’s not February, but you can always file this column and not read it until February (if then.)      Besides, I’m offering you a break from all those November articles which tell you that Benjamin Franklin suggested the turkey be made our national bird instead of the bald eagle.  This always hasContinue reading “Airy Problems”

Up In the Air So Blue

     Those who have been checking this space for a while will recall our study of the men on postcards who keep on rowing even when their partner makes it difficult.  Looking over the postcard world recently, I realized that we had left out another role for the hardworking, helpful male.      These are theContinue reading “Up In the Air So Blue”

Ladies of the Court

     I know you were yearning to see the next installment of my list of presidential conspiracies, but I didn’t plan to fill this space with that until we got through thirty or forty presidents.  Anyhow, I can’t quite get my head around the James Madison theory yet.  We’ll come back to the list nextContinue reading “Ladies of the Court”

Seaside Humor II

     As you will recall from our last thrilling episode, we were looking through a portfolio of beach postcards produced in 1948 by Curteich.  These accordion-pleated collections were essentially cartoon collections, the postcards printed on both sides of the page (as opposed to other similar portfolios where you could tear out and mail individual cards.) Continue reading “Seaside Humor II”

Seaside Humor

     A perennial difficulty with postcards, from the day these started including pictures until today, is that finding a card which would be perfect for Cousin Tabitha is never enough.  If the card is really perfect to send Tabitha from your vacation spot it’s good enough to keep, too.  One answer to this is toContinue reading “Seaside Humor”