send snail mail

I sent a letter. It wasn’t cute or anything.. I sent a letter to this company that solicitated a newspaper subscription to my apartment. Being a nice, easy to take advantage of, kind-o-person, I unwillingly bought one. So I had to send them a letter requesting a refund & a cancellation.

I think it still counts.

Today, I sent a postcard to my friend Kristina. I’ve never met in her in person, but I can’t wait until I finally do. :)

So far, I’ve sent:

A letter with a photo enclosed to a friend studying in New York & two New Belgium coaster-esque postcards to friends in Boulder & Northern California.

I think I’m doing pretty well with this goal. I don’t know if I’ll carry it out year round though- I might just deem it accomplished.

...I want to do this once a month throughout 2009.

this post was brought to you by a slug named Walter

This was supposed to be an attempt to bring a random amusing quirk into people’s lives. And to generate revenue in the post office. And to generate revenue in the stationery stores.

I wanted to make it anonymous, because it’s more magical if the recipient tries to keep on guessing who cares enough to send them something, but the problem with keeping it anonymous is that not a lot of people actually send snail mail anymore. So even if I don’t put my name on the envelope, they kind of know it’s from me.

I either make the cards/postcards, put together a package, or buy eclectic materials to send to people near and far, but always dear. I haven’t done this as often as I had hoped, but I try. Besides, as Miss said, letters are eternal. So they don’t really have expiry dates, right? So what if you’re getting your Valentine’s in the middle of August? It’s more of a welcome surprise that way.