Turns out I’m not the only fan of postcards.

Pam over at Nerd’s Eye View is one too and she’s planning her own ‘postcard revival’.

Here’s what she has to say…

I still adore postcards, getting them, writing them, sending them off. I love them so much that I’m going to send one to you. But you have to send ME one, too. Tacky, gorgeous, vintage, just plain used, a picture of some place you’ve never been or went 12 years ago and still have postcards from, send ‘em my way and I’ll send one to you.

In a nod to technology, we first have to trade addresses via email: [pam (at) nerdseyeview (dot) com] Send me yours, I’ll send you mine. Don’t be shy; I won’t send you anything inappropriate and I’m not stalkerish or weird. (Well, not weird in a scary way.) I have some postcards that we’ve made ourselves over the past view years, some that I never sent out, and, if I run out, well, who knows what I’ll send you.

I’m in…

What about you?

Head over to Nerd’s Eye View and let’s get this revival going…

But Pam’s not the only one talking postcard revival.

Back in 2006, a Portuguese man was deeply concerned by the way technology was taking over the age old practice of sending and receiving letters and postcards. Determined to keep the art of postcard sending alive, he established Postcrossing - The Postcard Crossing Project.

Two years later, Postcrossing has over 50,000 members who have sent over 1 million postcards around the world. As I write, postcards were being sent and received from the United States, Germany, Taiwan, New Zealand. How do I know - the constantly scrolling mailbox on the Postcrossing site.

So it looks like postcard lovers around the world have already united. Let’s join them.

Viva la Revolution postcard!!!

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