August 27, 2026
Tag: samplers
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Samplers vs Completists
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In a continuing debate – ongoing for nearly twenty years – one of my dearest postcard friends and I have wondered, “When collecting sets of postcards, which is better, being a “sampler” or being a “completist.” For the sake of debate, we define a sampler as someone who collects any piece of a set without…
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November 29, 2020 1 Comment
The title of this musical comedy, The Girl and the Moon comes from an ancient Siberian fairy tale that recounts the story of how a very lonely moon came to earth one day and tried to spirit-away into the sky, a young girl as a celestial companion. The attempt is a complete failure, and the moon finds […]