The Washington Post reports that every day President Obama is given 10 uncensored letters from the American people. The article highlights the work of the Office of Presidential Correspondence and Mike Kelleher the director of OPC.
Kelleher, an Illinois native who once worked as the outreach director for Obama’s Senate office, had been instructed to [...]
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I am so jealous of these stamps from New Zealand: heat sensitive ink so you can “illuminate” Kiwi slang for non-New Zealanders! Clever. Sadly, they were issued way back in 2007 and it appears that you cannot order them online any more (or at least, not via New Zealand Post). It occurs to me that [...]
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Jon and I enjoyed a lovely Saturday afternoon at the National Postal Museum this past weekend. I knew very, very little about the 1970 postal strike, that began in New York but eventually included over 200,000 postal employees! At one point they had to lock closed some collection boxes because they were full– mail just piled [...]
Laura over at The Suburban Pen Pal is running a paper swap this spring! The theme is school, you’ve got until March 31 to sign up, and until April 30 to mail your sets of 3-5 things to 5 people. Then, you get 5 things yourself! Delightful. This will actually be the first proper swap [...]
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Untitled in Hamed Saber’s Flickr stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
The History of Now
David SmithWhite
The recording of culture is history;
but our culture is more than that.
It’s the world of human action,
and the myths we make of the fact.
The recording of history is culture,
but our history is more than that.
It informs a hidden agenda.
Unconscious of motive [...]
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Just a few miscelaneous things today.
Love love love love love this set from the Smithsonian Institution on Flickr: “People and the Post.”
Can I make this air mail skirt from Anthropologie work? I want to, but I’m just not sure… Too hipster?
Just got my very first Postcrossing card! Eeee!
Seriously digging this “Simple Note Pad Fabric” on [...]
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“If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.” ~ Howard Zinn
Excuse me while I get all political… I’m a [...]
Tags: School
Sewing twigs to paper is hard tedious. But they do like nice, don’t they?
Sorry I’ve been absent from this space for a while. A combination of a cold, training for a relay, and making these bridal shower invitations for a friend has kept me busy (or away from the computer) for the last week or [...]
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Where was I? On July 14*, 2005 Postcrossing launched. I’ve missed out on 4+ years of this incredible project?! The horror! From their about page:
The goal of this project is to allow people to receive postcards from all over the world, for free. Well, almost free! The main idea is that: if you send a [...]
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“Newspaper Boat” in Marcel Germain’s Flickr Stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
To Make a Dadist Poem
Tristan Tzara
Take a newspaper.
Take some scissors.
Choose from this paper an article the length you want to make your poem.
Cut out the article.
Next carefully cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them all in a bag.
Shake [...]
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