April 17, 2024
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These days, a child’s answer is usually, “The Internet” when a parent asks, “Where did you learn that?” But, in generations past, the answer may well have been, “I saw it on a postcard!” I haven’t talked to many people about outhouse postcards, but in the two conversations I have had, opinions vary. So, what’s…
Epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks, plagues, or scourges? How many words in English spell h-a-r-d–t-i-m-e-s? For centuries virus and disease have been topics we think about, talk about, and write about. Here are some postcard messages from “regular folk” writing about their “hard times.”