The good days. I still mail all my grandchildren letters. Ten and 20 dollar bills for birthdays. Real paper and real money. These things need not be forgotten.
I agree with the previous 2 comments! We always have the absolute nicest people working in our post office. And now the post office is my delivery system for conveying to Congress my dismay about what is happening!
So eloquent, Amie. So many personal memories stirred up from your words! Our culture has lost a great deal more than it realizes. And for the record, I still save cancelled stamps when I receive mail, bundle them and send them on to the Women's Institute, who packages them to sell to collectors, then use the money from that for women's programs worldwide. It's inspiration to continue to write real letters and send real mail. Thanks for the post office memories!
“In those days, stamps were cancelled, not culture. Handwritten letters were a news source never questioned.”
Yes, so much has been lost and is being thoughtlessly discarded. Your thoughtful writing and your mom’s drawings help preserve it, along with that lovely island you inhabit part of the year and the “snail mail” you send. Some things should never be cancelled in the name of “government efficiency”—including the mail and human decency.
sweet...lovely, all those childhood memories right here.
The good days. I still mail all my grandchildren letters. Ten and 20 dollar bills for birthdays. Real paper and real money. These things need not be forgotten.
What a special tradition to keep alive!
I agree with the previous 2 comments! We always have the absolute nicest people working in our post office. And now the post office is my delivery system for conveying to Congress my dismay about what is happening!
Perfect symmetry!
So eloquent, Amie. So many personal memories stirred up from your words! Our culture has lost a great deal more than it realizes. And for the record, I still save cancelled stamps when I receive mail, bundle them and send them on to the Women's Institute, who packages them to sell to collectors, then use the money from that for women's programs worldwide. It's inspiration to continue to write real letters and send real mail. Thanks for the post office memories!
Thanks for making us aware of such an amazing program, Lynn! (I had a stamp collection as a kid, but that’s another story)
“In those days, stamps were cancelled, not culture. Handwritten letters were a news source never questioned.”
Yes, so much has been lost and is being thoughtlessly discarded. Your thoughtful writing and your mom’s drawings help preserve it, along with that lovely island you inhabit part of the year and the “snail mail” you send. Some things should never be cancelled in the name of “government efficiency”—including the mail and human decency.
Exactly!