Let me preface this conversation with the facts that I've always loved sending mail and receiving mail...and collecting postcards as tiny works of art. And now, thanks to an Etsy seller, I have a new outlet for expressing this love. It all started with my dedication to sending postcards to lapsed voters to encourage them... Continue Reading →
I haven't given it too much thought, but if I had to list my top 10 favorite foods on the spot, popcorn would probably make the list. I grew up eating a lot of popcorn. Microwave popcorn while watching HBO movies. Smartfood popcorn with our Domino's pizza. Popcorn at the movies. I don't think I've... Continue Reading →
Growing up in the 1990s, I remember combing through the J. Peterman Company clothing catalog that arrived in our mailbox. I assume that my mom found her way onto its direct mail list. I/We never bought any items, but I enjoyed looking through it. It was kind of like a magazine, because the clothing was... Continue Reading →
I had never heard of Jim Irsay before. But when I received a promotional email about his upcoming tour stop in Boston, which consisted of a free concert and a viewing of his memorabilia collection, I read that a member of my favorite [broken-up] band, R.E.M., would be playing in the concert. So I immediately... Continue Reading →
For my birthday this year, Allen and I went to Westerly, Rhode Island. I am often drawn to the ocean for my birthday trips, and I'm starting to run out of coastal towns to visit within a two-hour radius of Boston. But I hadn't been to the southwestern part of Rhode Island yet, so I... Continue Reading →
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