December 15, 2025
Tag: Border Postcards
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On the Line: The Canada-U.S. Boundary in Postcards
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For many Americans and Canadians alike, the border between our two nations is our first international border-crossing experience. I remember my first crossing; all I had to do was tell the agent where I was born. It’s more complicated today, but here is a postcard account of what it was like years ago.
Past Article
September 1, 2022 2 Comments
This is a silly example of how to gather information for a postcard biography. By creating a scripted dialog comprised of questions asked at a dinner table, more success will be had than if the same questions were asked in an interrogation on a witness stand. People are quite prone to talk about themselves when they have a spoon, a knife, or a fork as a defensive weapon.