Over a decade ago I bought an album full of old postcards at a garage sale - it's probably one of the first "antique-ish" things I ever bought. Now I practically live in a museum.
I've looked through it maybe 10 times since I got it. While this annual perusal is enjoyable, it seems a shame for the album to sit around on a shelf so I've decided to send the cards out into the world. They will get to fulfill their purpose, people will get real mail, I will gain shelf space.
I'm also putting the cards on this blog since I think it's kind of interesting to "travel along" with the original owners of the album. For that reason, I'm going to attempt to send most of the cards out in the order they appear in the album. This also eliminates the task of carefully selecting cards, getting bogged down, and not actually sending anything.
That said, there are a few cards that scream to be sent to specific people - so I'll break my own rule for those cards whenever the mood strikes. I'm careless that way.
I've already sent a few out, below is the first. I sent it to my dear, old Dad for his 69th birthday. He is neither Latino nor a young child but it seemed celebratory anyway.
This is the actual album.
The inside cover page and a sample of the postcards within.
The second card I sent out. I had to send this one to an east coast friend because the first time we really hung out alone together we took a ferry across Halifax Harbour to visit a new coffee shop called "Two If By Sea". On the way over we discussed where the name came from... the answer: a poem about Paul Revere's midnight ride warning of some rascally British.* If you're a friend or family and I ask for your address, now you know why... but I'll probably start with addresses I already have.
* If you're a friend or a stranger and you want to get to the top of the list for a cool old postcard, send me your address... I favour people who actually care enough to look at and want old crap like this!
