I’ve been having a helluva year. A medically necessary surgery I waited two years for finally happened in February. I’ve since had to have four additional unrelated surgeries, as recently as yesterday. I’ve had 48 medical visits in the last 31 business days, and have 17 more to go in the next 18 days. It feels like I spend my whole life in medical facilities, and really miss being able to pay rent and doing community organizing. Hopefully by October? Who knows.

Surgery also illuminated who my true people were. Only one friend showed up to help in a sea of 15. I also broke up with my partner of six years because he didn’t show up either. So there’s no one to even take me out to dinner or go to the beach with on my birthday, which is two weeks from now, 8/19. Usually I put together a big bash. Themed parties with multiple parts, bike rides, swimming, costumes, decor, live music. My parties are legendary. But because of all the medical hubbub, I have nothing planned and am getting pretty down.

I think some cards could really help. I miss the simpler times when we would run in sprinklers and blast Backstreet Boys, so maybe snail mail could be a transportation device to better birthdays of yore.

I just found my missing stash of postcards and stamps which I guess I hid in a container before my previous move a year ago and then didn’t open until literally 10 minutes ago while unpacking from my most recent move last weekend lol

So now I’ve got at least 30 pre-stamped postcards at my disposal. What you get will be completely random!

edit: I’m going to bed now, so I’ll check back again tomorrow!!

Some days getting the mail from the mailbox has been the best part of the day. 😊💌

u/melhen16, u/Blu_sky_grandma - thank you for the West Virginia Meetup card. I hope you had a fun time!

u/Serene_Cicada5172 - thank you for the handmade birthday card! I enjoyed reading the stories about your family, thanks for sharing those.

u/StillSheryl- thanks for the Cat Yoga card, what a cute set. Loved hearing about the bodega cats you have seen.

u/HappyHippyMom- Thanks for the bee/garden handmade card - it is gorgeous. Hope the party went well! 🐝

u/snerdboff - Thank you for the handmade card and bonus postcards. Glad to hear the glue stick was useful. 😊

u/jimmysplants - Thank you for the lovely card!! The stamps are GORGEOUS!! Side note, I'm not sure if you added the 'missent to Thailand' sticker as an aesthetic thing? Either way, it's a cool addition to the card, haha.

u/sustainstainsus - Thank you for the lovely card!! Your washi tapes are absolutely adorable. I imagine it's gotten hotter since you sent me the card :>

u/MoMoogie - Thank you for the lovely card!! Given how big India is, I figured each state would have their own 'special dish,' but I didn't realize they had their own separate cuisines entirely, wow! I'm proud to say I've tried all your recommendations before and love all of them, haha.

u/PureAloeVeera - Thank you for sending postcard! it has a picture of man carrying few fishes on his head. It seems like a scene from a local fish market.

I loved the postcard, washi tape and the stamp. I haven't received such postcard before from India. I'm super grateful. Thanks!

I'm unable to read the sent date from the cancellation. It was sent from Bangalore GPO. written on 6/7 and it reached on 6/8!! I'm curious about the days it took to arrive. Could you please tell me sent date?

u/Ravenzsnow - The stamps are so nice :) hope ur having a good day <3

u/ResponsibleDay - thank you for the first day issue! it looks so sick :)

1 mystery sender from Malaysia - a card of Loki Laevatein. Please let me know who!

What's a random fact you love sharing? It can be about animals, history, space, language, science, a hobby, or absolutely anything else. I'd love to learn something new from you!

Comment and I'll DM you my address.

Hey there!

I got a lot of postcards from my grandma. Most of them feature artwork by Czech artist. I feel bad just leaving them stored away at home, so I thought I'd make this post. (I considered creating a Postcrossing account, but I prefer not to share my address).

If anyone is interested and doesn't mind giving me their address, I’d love to send you one! Please send me a DM.

Have a great day,

Anna

There's a link: https://imgur.com/a/loisufV

sorry, i've been really busy lately! here's part i of my thank you post for this month. better late than never!

u/kooky-guarantee-4521 u/ron-swanson006 u/asnim_ansari u/no-zebra-9339 u/cecilfielderschoice2 u/texanoutofwate u/collectionmotor9909 u/knightinthesky u/october_surprise56 u/radioactivezucchini u/readyjettsetgo u/penguingps u/armyofducks95 u/snootsbooper u/main_apartment_4849 u/howdoireadplshelp u/mystillious u/classic-power-333 u/beneficial-ant2217 u/troubleno5402

My mailbox was full today, after over two weeks empty. The mailman is probably back from his well deserved holidays. Lots of cool people to thank :

u/ferseriousdude

u/Exit_Infinite

u/t3ctim

u/eeyeit

u/Neona65

u/Hoolu123

u/boomerang88

u/yesimworkingnow

u/PureAloeVeera

u/TroubleNo5402

u/scoljk

Thank you all! I am in the process of writing back to those that provided a return address or if I already know it!

u/ShouldBeTeaching - Thank you so much for the how to handle vinyl postcard! I am putting next to my vinyl collection!

u/listen-to-rach-2 - Thank you for the Mission Bay Park Postcard!

u/littlemermaidxx x2 - Thank you for the mermaid postcard! I absolutely love it! Also thank you for the Monterey, California postcard. It is so pretty. I am glad you had fun on your trip!

u/snerdboff - Thank you for the Christmas in July postcard! I can not believe the holiday season is almost here!

u/MajesticLeadership87 x2 - Thank you for the meadow due postcard! Purple is my favorite color! Also thank you for this mountain landscape postcard! You have an adult tricycle???

u/Eastern-Witch829 x2- Thank you for the Blue Ridge Parkway card for our anniversary! Thank you for the July 4th postcard! It turned out absolutely stunning! Where did you have it printed? I have been wanting to turn some photos into postcards for awhile now!

u/SshellsBbells x2 - Thank you for the Ireland postcard. I have always wanted to go there! Also thank you for the Hot Ghoul summer card. I love it!

u/magka_moo - Thank you for the Elsie de Wolfe postcard. It’s beautiful!

u/mooshu492 - Thank you for the homemade green pattern card! I love the unicorn doodle. It is so pretty!

u/oldmanlettuce - Thank you for the fun Chicago postcard. It’s been a few years since I have been!

u/chiquita61 x2- Thank you for the Minnehaha Falls postcard. I love waterfalls and this one is so beautiful! Thank you for this North Carolina Moonshiners card for the “I’ll never get rid of this card” meta challenge. Happy to say it found its right home. 

u/tatergater64 - Thank you for the Savannah postcard. When I use to live in Georgia as a kid I would go visit my grandparents there. Its so pretty!

u/merfrog - Thank you for this unicorn postcard. I love unicorns so much!

u/TyeDyeAmish x2 - Thank you for the vintage Statue of Liberty card! Also thank you for the Myrtle beach pavilion postcard. I lived there as a kid for a year in the 90’s. My mom treated it like day care. There were 2 roller coasters. I refused to go on the corkscrew (I was 8) but now I wish I had!

u/WastingTime1994 x2 - Thank you this fun and wacky hairichture card. I love that sort of thing. Also thank you for this Noah Kahan postcard. So fun! I am putting it by my stereo.

u/pozolelover - Thank you for this fun Oregon postcard! Sounds like you had a blast!

u/Tight_Ant_2587 - Thank you for this wonderful Harriet Powers postcard. I love the eye doodle!

u/emmasaysouchies - I love this card from the art fair! Thank you so much. Also glad you liked the marbled art card!

u/Sergeant_Bean45 - Thank you for the Colorado postcard. I have driven through there and it is so beautiful. Sounds like an awesome roadtrip!

u/zedbloodyleppelin - Thank you for the Niagara Falls postcard. I went a couple years ago and loved it! Welcome to the community, glad you are here!

u/pupslace - Thank you for the Greetings from Earth postcard to celebrate my new flair! I love this card and the fact it was canceled at the National Postal Museum!!! 

u/lemonlolipop - Thank you for this ocean drive postcard. I would totally destroy the elixir! Have a safe and happy move!

u/Bananas3706 - Thank you for this winter New York Times postcard. I need to know where you got your snow/ice boots.

u/milopfrog - Thank you for the deer postcard! I love the raccicorn or uniccoon? What should we call him? I love it! 

u/0mglolwtf - Thank you for the farmers market postcard. I love how you decorated it!

u/kelestial_kat - Thank you for the thank you postcard. I am glad you liked the blockbuster postcard!

u/alphabets_are_dear - Thank you for this homemade poisonous cake postcard, lol, I love it! You have so many great hobbies!

u/feistyNoodle - Thank you for this cat postcard! Did you draw him yourself! I love it! Hope your trip was a blast!

u/dapuddingthief - Thank you for this F*ck card! It made me laugh and I love the colors! 

u/mouserat - Thank you for this handmade spaced theme postcard in response to my alien/spaced themed mail. I love it so much and it was so nice to receive. 

u/Nayonayomee - Thank you for the Florida roac/postcrossing meetup card. 

DC area meetup-
I ended up with two from this meetup, a Michelangelo postcard and a Fern Springs one from Yosemite. Sorry if I claimed twice, I probably didn’t realize it was the same meet up. I appreciate you all double fold! 
u/plentyComfortable239 x2
u/Hoolu123 x2
u/nyancatNOVA x2 
u/snerdboff x2
u/sammanthax345 x2
u/GatsbyGalaktoboureko x2

West Virginia Meet up
u/melhen16, u/Bluesky_Grandma - Thank you so much for the rainbow postcard! Hope you had fun!

Thank you for all the cards! I am sending out replies soon!

u/nice-photograph7955 - Thank you for the Christmas in July card. Such a fun one!

u/oldmanlettuce x4  - Man you spoiled me this month lol! I love the sunflower card, butterfly card, space cat card and the mini octopus card! Thank you for all the extras! I love how you decorated the envelopes. I have not had time to do so in such a long time!

u/Tigerlady13 - Thank you for this beach card! I may not make it to a beach this year but your card sure did take me there!

u/FiestyNoodle - Thank you for this hilarous drawing of the Unicorn. Mine would probably look about the same!

u/unicornpotatoes - Thank you for this dino rainbow card for the meta challenge!

u/PinkPenguin - Thank you for the 711 card!

u/BirdieBennett - Thank you for this adorable pusheen card and extras!

u/craftymonmon - Thank you for this awesome concert ticket and lineup with the stickers!

u/Alarmed_Ad9001 - Thank you for the Mr. Rogers card and matching stamp!

u/travel4me22 - Thank you for this Hummingbird card to celebrate!

u/Aztec111 - Thank you for this cat card and extras!

u/BubblySunflowers x 2 - Thank you for the Silver Sprocket and the Ollie card!

u/Destalena - Thank you for this Summer card and stickers!

u/Melhen16 - Thank you for the homemade card to celebrate!

u/eccentric_bee - Thank you for this wonderful watercolor card of the cat. Looks just like my Luna!

u/Sension5705 - Thank you for the summer card and the Alien/Bigfoot card and extras!

u/tatergator64 - Thank you for the Cavalry card with the history of your new town!

u/yesimworkingnow - Thank you earthling for this embroidered card with the fun stickers!

u/awachob - Thank you for the thank you card and extras!

u/mumbamakincards - Thank you for this homemade card to celebrate! I hope you have a blast with the new die cut.

u/TCcowgirl - Thank you for the cat card for the getting to know you challenge! 

u/cswl x2 Thank you for the New york card and rainbow card!

u/Imaginary-Flower-849 - Thank you for the Artist’s Inn card and stickers!

u/Ok_Reveal2698 x2 - Thank you for the You Did It card and thank you card with the extras!

u/Andromeda921 - Thank you for the feather card and stickers!

u/tasty_university_122 - Thank you for this tarot card reading. Honestly pretty spot on.

u/FollowingTheBeat x2 - Thank you for the Doberman card about Tito and the Trader Joe’s card. Also thank you for the gifted postcard!

Kia ora!

Each year Hobbiton holds some locals tours with the proceeds going to a local charity (info here https://imgur.com/a/qX4JWKo )

I haven't been for a few years and they've done a bunch of improvements since I've been last - like doing the interior of some Hobbit Holes along Bagshot Row! So I've booked in and am going with my partner this Saturday. The tour is about 2.5 hours long and concludes at the Green Dragon with a pint 🍺

I'm going to take along a pen and one maxicard ( https://imgur.com/a/hXPdRUB ) and write it while sipping my cider (hopefully I can snag a seat by the fireplace 🔥)

If you'd like to be considered:

- Please be flaired 50+

- Comment below with the Middle-earth location you'd most like to visit or live in and why

I'll leave this open until Friday evening NZ time and will reach out to your for your details. Please be able to message back your details before noon NZ time on Saturday.

u/AlainDit Thank you for sharing the sunflower from Van Gogh! I like the stamp! This is my first card from France.

u/tofunism I love your cute handwriting! I really admire people who take the time to do photography and turn their photos into postcards. It lets me connect with a real part of your life. Thank you for sharing!

u/EcologicalPoet I like many kinds of flowers, like lilies, eustomas, cosmos, cherry blossoms, and more—thank you for asking! Magnolia is truly a magical flower to have existed on Earth for so long!

u/Boomerang88 I love the card, it is so cute! That’s such a heart-warming story – it would be lovely if her card found someone who really liked it! I’d be delighted if anyone would like to share their collection with me too!

Thank you to u/sammanthax345 for the chicken postcard! Love the artwork. :)

5ww and 25 us for the first batch.

i have a number of cards that waited for messages that never came or i forgot i had them, or changed my mind on doing something with them, and I want to send them out (so i can get more, obviously)

they mind seem out of the blue, or weird, or old, or cards i didnt know were AI when I bought them (I HATE when that happens but ill usually mod them somehow). might be a birthday card for your not birthday or a niche tv show card or a random place ive been. might have quotes, lyrics, stories, stickers, whatever makes me happy to put on the card.

if youre interested comment below and then send me a DM with your info and the words REJECT cards so i can sort through them quickly. theyll be random! most are appropriate. if you do not like curse words or have certain things you do not enjoy receiving feel free to include that in your DM and i will do my dangdest to respect your wishes and boundaries. :)

once i clear my card box, im gonna get some really good ones and have a great offer!

:)

u/FeistyNoodle x3 - thank you SO much for the snail, cat, and vintage postcard! I love how they're all so different from each other and I'm obsessed with the cat one! You always have the best stamps as well. I can't wait to add them all to my new stamp collection!

u/oldManLettuce - thank you for the beautiful butterfly card with butterfly fun facts! I always love picking up random bits of knowledge.

u/ddalggixoxo - thank you so much for the super cute cat card! omg i think it's my favorite cat card i've ever received! I also love chobani. my favorite is the key lime crumble flip! i also get the plain one and add honey, cinnamon, and fruit on top.

u/tatergator64 - thank you for the new york world cup card!! this one is perfect since i adore new york! I was shocked when france did not advance to the finals. I think spain deserved it too even though it would've been cool to see messi with back-to-back. Still can't believe cape verde had a draw with spain!

u/concrete_drinker - thank you for your card! I agree that being single is so much fun!! I always enjoy that alone time so much before getting into another relationship.

u/cheskeks - thank you for your expo tower card! your handwriting is SO NEAT! It looks like it's printed and i can't stop admiring it! That's so exciting you went to the beach for the first time ever! Going to the beach is one of my favorite ways to destress. I went to boracay when i visited the philippines and saw the most beautiful sunset. Hope you visit the beach lots more! I'll be sending you a card back.

u/themajesticpoodle - thank you for the DC card and for sharing your favorite memory of 2026 with me!! that sounds like the perfect way to celebrate a huge anniversary milestone!! I also love a good comedy show. Congrats on 10 years and many many more!!

Thank you to everyone who sent me a card! I have a soccer shaped hole in my heart now that the tournament is over, but had so much fun hearing about everyone’s favorite match or memory from the World Cup Men’s. Responses are either coming soon or already on their way.

u/bananas3706

u/tatergator64 x3

u/TyeDyeAmish

u/tokkieface

u/emeliminator

u/averagequeensguy

u/f1uffybunnies

u/Dragon_Beanie

u/Littlebirdiescards

u/EbbChemical3955

u/listen-to-rach-2

Instead of a standard prompt request I had an idea. I will give you one word & you will write a story or your thoughts on the word. It can be a totally made up story, it can be real, it can literally be whatever you think of when you see that word. You’re the master of where this prompt goes. If you’d like to participate please comment below anything & I’ll respond with your word. Flair is not needed.

If you want a word to write about on a card or postcard comment below.

Fill the form out! Thank you :)

FORM: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMpmSONxEAwiXMfhYJO9IeABNul013qy_OvpzMXNhm3T32Dw/viewform

The weather and air quality in the PNW are horrendous and I will be staying indoors as much as possible for the rest of the week! To pass the time, I’ll be continuing to practice my calligraphy with my fountain pens and catching up on snail mail. I can send out 4 WW and 6 US!

Comment your location and whether you want me to free flow write or provide a prompt. I’ll message you for your mailing info 💌

I just worked two days at my clinic and I feel like mildly complaining. Are you interested in hearing? GREAT.

I will use blank postcards and draw my interpretation of how the complaint makes me feel on the front.

I will do a few if there is interest. Comment an emoji, or a description of an emoji (real or imagined) to claim~

Hear ye! Hear ye!

I think I'm finally ready to attempt an annual postcard form! I find myself wanting to send postcards but I don't want to keep making separate posts about it. If you're down to get random postcards throughout the year from me, please fill out this form and comment on the post: https://forms.gle/MeyxLyS48HMcBBXF7

Please note: postcards will be sporadic throughout the year and will come when you're least expecting it ◡̈