Tag: postcard collecting

  • Joy Is One Postcard Away

    Joy Is One Postcard Away

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    The coronavirus pandemic has made home-bodies out of us all. Except for our mail carrier, I haven’t seen anyone but my wife in six days, but I have plenty of company – the piles of recently purchased postcards on my desk. Join me in finding Joy.

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  • Collectors and Their Topics

    Collectors and Their Topics

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    It was Friday morning and I was on my way home after playing a very minor role in the formation of the International Polar Bear Conservation Centre at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I made my way to the passenger lounge at the airport, sat quietly for a few minutes and thought of…

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  • Hello, my name is George

    Hello, my name is George

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    [Editor’s note: I like getting email from our readers. I don’t always answer, but I appreciate the efforts readers make to express opinions about our articles. This message came to the editor’s email box unsolicited. After reading it I was quite amused; for I too remember the Carter years and the high interest rates of…

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Have you heard the adage that “Necessity is the Mother of Invention”? The Dixie Cup Company is an example of how the need for clean drinking containers came to be just at the right time. It all began in Boston in 1907 when a mechanical engineer, a lawyer, and several investors got together to create […]

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