Love em Unc Everything you send is another connection to you. A little bit more about you. I'll have to send Baz out for some naughty sea side cards they will be about now.

I wonder if I should be afraid. LOL

Awww. I read this and think that is so like me. I have "friends" in various locations that all I ever do is "trade" cards with and it's also a system I use with people who help me with my research. A lot of stuff I write is character-driven and some people really go great lengths to tell me things they've experienced and such and with these people I also like sending post cards. That's not planned though. More like I'm in a bookshop (that's where cards are sold over here), something catches my eye and I think "So and so would like that", I buy it write a note and send it off as a surprise to the person. Most recipients love them. But some people who learn about this habit of mine think it's crazy, still it makes me feel good. I do this for myself, that the other person is happy is a wonderful bonus of course.

Awww. I read this and think that is so like me. I have "friends" in various locations that all I ever do is "trade" cards with and it's also a system I use with people who help me with my research. A lot of stuff I write is character-driven and some people really go great lengths to tell me things they've experienced and such and with these people I also like sending post cards. That's not planned though. More like I'm in a bookshop (that's where cards are sold over here), something catches my eye and I think "So and so would like that", I buy it write a note and send it off as a surprise to the person. Most recipients love them. But some people who learn about this habit of mine think it's crazy, still it makes me feel good. I do this for myself, that the other person is happy is a wonderful bonus of course.

Elisabeth,

I send out postcards about Long Island, New York City, or things that just attract my attention. Some are art, some are history, some are just funny. It is simply my way of keeping in touch and letting people know I am thinking of them. I send across the United States, then to friends in England, France, Germany, and India. I really send around the world. Once I am friends I am friends and I don't think your habit is strange at all. But then again i would have to ask those I send to, like KC or Mark.

Let me put it like this: Those guys who think it's crazy are all Germans. That's not to say I would be generally disliking the Germans (thought in some things I am) or have prejudices against them as such (admitting that I do not like some things about them I guess is a sort of prejudice) but rather a hint about the mentality. I do have German friends, colleagues and interpreters who are different and very much fun etc. but if one is to generalize the German's are pretty much about keeping in line and not attracting attention to themselves (well, the ordinary citizen that is) or doing things in ways that suggest they differ from other people. Sending people cards just-like-that is very out of line to some people. When I moved into the place I live in now I sent out postcards of the next big city (I live in the country) with my new address and a notice that I couldn't be reached at the old address anymore. It was something I had picked up from a very good friend of mine in Montana (to her I also send postcards) and my friends liked it, especially those I had to move away from because I had to move all about the country (327 kilometres to be exact) and the area here looks very different to South Germany, but acquaintances, former colleagues and family were "not amused". I'd say it's their tough luck. Just yesterday I went to the farmer's market in the next village and at the bus stop there was this stationary shop with this lovely donkey card. I have a friend in East Germany who loves donkeys, so I guess I'll make her day the day after tomorrow.