Thursday, September 29, 2022

The Vacation Postcard

Several days ago, I received a postcard from a Facebook friend who was vacationing.  We exchanged holiday cards last year, so she has my address.

"Having tons of fun, my friend!" it said.  She had just visited a famous mountain in the Northeast United States, one I've never been to, although I live a lot closer to it than she does.

I got so much enjoyment out of that postcard!

I thought, when I was a teen and even a young adult, I used to send postcards when on vacation. A lot.  But when was the last time I did that?

Or, when was the last time I received a postcard?  

Thanks to blogging, I do remember the last time I got a postcard.  It was March 3, 2021. It came from Iceland, and I blogged about it here.

And the story behind it, here.

But the time before that?  And when was the last time I sent a postcard?

I do get postcards from time to time. There is the local store that sends me postcards now and again, thanking me for my business and offering me a discount on purchases made in the following month.  The same store I nearly (accidentally) shoplifted from once.

I appreciate their postcards. 

And, sometimes solicitations for Medicare plans come on postcards.  Postcards that I immediately toss (after shredding the part with my name and address).

But other than that?

I honestly don't know.  

Have postcards become one of the many lost arts of my childhood and early adulthood, along with letter writing?

Are you someone who still sends postcards?

9 comments:

  1. ...today, junk mail is the only thing in our mailbox.

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  2. Postcard? What’s that? Doesn’t everyone live blog their vacations on social media?

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  3. We used to send postcards whenever we traveled. I should start doing it more.

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  4. It been ages since I done a post card. But I did receive one not long ago.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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  5. I sent postcards to a few old pals in Europe. Handmade post cards though lol

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  6. I do send cards! I do love post cards, though. CarolC

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  7. I think the last non-business postcard I got was in the '80s. Some relative on vacation. They're fun. We should bring them back.

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  8. I've used up nearly all the ones I had since the local store stopped selling them. I've designed some on Zazzle, though.

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