The Charming pleasures of the written word.
By Inlemay
@Inlemay (17713)
South Africa
May 16, 2016 6:27am CST
I was sending new postcards on the Postcrossing site as all of the others I sent last moth, have arrived at their destination safely.
I love the fact that people are still interested in sending and receiving snail-mail, even the younger generation are enjoying it.
However it might be too late for them to experience the wonderful world of the written letter which has always been a thing I have loved.
My granny started writing to me when I was five years old - they were simple yet loving letters which I still have wrapped in a ribbon. She would write to me at least every second month as we did not see each other frequently. I was and still am the envy of my cousins when they found out about the letters, as they were just as fond of her, but lived nearer and she did not write to them.
I also have a ribbon folder of my love letters from my husband - I think I might just give him a few to read for his Birthday - remind him of his sweet, endless love and affection as he stated in his letters - "love you forever"
Does that ever happen - Love forever?
I am loving the charming pleasures of writing postcards to people all over the world.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
17 May 16
@LadyDuck I thought the Italian men lived up to their ROMANTIC Language - you do know that Italian is called the Romantic language of the world
"A micro-survey of 320 linguists found that l’italiano tops their list for the most romantic tongue.
In the inevitable battle with French, Latin lovers from across the Alps came out slightly ahead, with Italian winning 45% to 40%."
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@topffer (42156)
• France
16 May 16
Speaking of postcards, at the beginning of the 20th century many people had a postcard album. During WWI, my grandfather sent a postcard/day to my grandmother and she created a large album with them
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Personally, I send maybe a handful of postcards/year during my holidays, and snail mails only if I have to ship something or for a registered letter. Quite all my mails are emails now.
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Personally, I send maybe a handful of postcards/year during my holidays, and snail mails only if I have to ship something or for a registered letter. Quite all my mails are emails now.1 person likes this
. I have only an album of postcards from the 1900's, but sadly it is not my grandmother's album. The cat is beautiful. I have also a tabby cat, but he is no more little@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
16 May 16
I have 3 postcard books and one nearly ready to be bound - I put them on my coffee table and my visitors peruse the cards, the stamps and of course all the beautiful travel places. I quickly dashed to the lounge and took a photo of my coffee table, with my postcard books and little Talu decided to pose for you as well.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 May 16
It does seem to be dying out. Not many people receive actual letters today. When @valmnz 's postcard arrived a few days ago, my son exclaimed, you have a letter, an actual letter. I now have postcards and will send one back to her and get signed up on postcrossing so I can start sending my postcards to the world and enjoy the feeling of writing an actual letter again. Something I haven't done in a very long time, thanks to e-mail. I think it's wonderful you still have your letters from your grandmother and husband.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50317)
• United States
16 May 16
Receiving postcards and letters is always delightful.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 May 16
I am glad I shared the love that is postcrossing!
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@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
16 May 16
My husband passed away almost sixteen years ago, but I still have the box of letters that he wrote me before we were married. Once in awhile, I take them out and re-read them, and find myself falling in love with him all over again.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 16
I can appreciate the immediacy and convenience of email but it's cold type on a screen. The unexpected joy of receiving a letter or postcard than has traveled from afar and handwritten is a personal touch.
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