Postcards 2011

Postcards are silly and old-fashioned (kinda like me) but I adore them. I love sending them and I love getting them. When I receive one I put it up on the refrigerator at home, looking at them with every visit for soda, cheese, or ice cream (Okay, I eat better than that but I’m just saying).

If it’s a place I have been, I can reminisce about my time there and enjoy hearing about how my friend or family member enjoyed being there too. If I haven’t been there, I get to fantasize, to arm-chair travel, if you will.

In 2011, I only received a few gems of this dying activity so I wanted to share them here.


London, England – My dear friend visited London this summer and said the Royal Wedding was maddening and all over the city. This postcard is evidence of that. Made me feel kind of regal getting it! Hi Kate!


Yosemite National Park – I haven’t been to Yosemite in over 15 years, and the summer of 2011 was a perfect time to visit. There was huge snow run-off and the waterfalls were breath-taking. Well, that’s what I saw on the news and what I surmise from this postcard and my friend's comments on the back.


St. Gallen, Switzerland – I have a friend that is waaaaaaaay more experience at travel than I am. He’s been to parts of Europe that I will never visit (but not for lack of trying). But with this lovely postcard from a small town in Switzerland, I can visit by way of my imagination!

So if you're reading this and you know me, keep those postcards coming!

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

A new documentary on the Legend comes out in January 2012. Can't wait. I got to see Ms. Channing back in the mid-90s while she was on tour in the revival of "Hello Dolly" (what else?) While her public personna is a little too wrapped up in Dolly Levi, I still think she's fun and look forward to seeing this film. Watch the trailer:

Cougar Day

12/23 A day when women of a certain age are celebrated.