so, the other postcard {it's twin was sent here} landed on the far side of this continent and was returned to me with thanks through this photograph. it radiates warmth and makes the joy of sending out postcards an experience that is shared. often, i send them out and never hear a word or peep in reply and i often wonder, was the address obscured and it is doomed to live out its days in some post office purgatory? {what do they do with the mail that cannot be properly received i wonder?} or did it arrive a little battered, but telling its own stories of a journey through hands and machines and airplanes and more machines and more hands on the other side only to arrive on someone's bad day?
anyway, the point is that as much giddy-kick-my-heels-up-happy it makes me to send a postcard, in the past it's been a little bit of a lonely hobby. but now, when i see for a fact that it's not only been received, but has been appreciated since the moment its colors were spotted amongst the bills and fliers in my friend's mailboxes.
and, and AND, i even have started receiving postcards. i don't have an image of the galapagos sunset and brown ink that arrived in my box just a few days ago, but i tell you it was pure magic to my day. so i guess this is just one big thanks to all the sunshine that has been coming back my way.
currently listening to: a radiohead mix i made for a family i met at work who had radiohead playing when i came back in to the room to show them their photos. it turns out they are big fans but only have the studio albums and none of the fun songs i've discovered here and there over the years. that whole exchange really made my day yesterday. truly. :)
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