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These two postcards arrived while I was in Boise, sent by Sara, the same person I saw in Boise. Sara reports that she was feeling cheeky that day (ha ha), and that she and Shawn enjoyed a nice dinner at the Cafe Luxembourg (everyone was clothed) before going to the ballet.

Sara wrote this postcard on the way to Bermuda but it came back with her to be mailed in New York City. While at the Strand, she bought many picture books which she then hauled to Bermuda, back to NYC, to Boise, and then back home.

Purchases aside, she said that she hadn’t been in the Strand, and that it was magical.

Zoe sent me this same Strand postcard in January.

Sara sent this postcard from Neeeewwww Yorrrkkkk Cittttyyyy???? where she had a lovely lunch. Let’s see what other postcards Sara sends from her long trip.

But not made by Midwesterners!

Sara says that this postcard cracks her up, and I agree. She sent me looking for where Boise was placed on the map.

As someone who lived in New England and encountered constant confusion about where, exactly Idaho was, geographically (not to mention the size of the state capital) , I find there is much to enjoy about this postcard.

Raygun never ceases to delight.

Sara sent this Paul Bunyan postcard from her time in Minnesota and suggested in a multiverse scenario, we could travel to all the Paul Bunyan roadside attractions in the US. She suggested the name of our trip should be Summer of PB.

I’m game. Now we just need to access that multiverse scenario.

Sara suggested that this postcard was a message that I should procure myself some Salt and Straw. (I did not procure myself some Salt and Straw.)

She also sent this very pretty Rivers of Idaho postcard with the message that we would both be in Idaho soon. At the same time. Stay tuned for those pictures.

Sara had a big pile of tasks to get through before she jetted away for a few weeks.

She also wanted to send the postcard to alert me that the new postcard stamps have (finally!) arrived. No more barns! It’s time for sailboats!

This was a very important service announcement. I was not a fan of the barns.

Sara wrote me four postcards and posted them on the same date. They arrived on the same date!

On this postcard, Sara sent some postcard fun from a quiet Sunday in her house.

This arty card came from Yachats. Sara also bought a bunch of older cards for 25 cents each. I enjoy the wallpaper-like background, the bird and the enthusiastic-but-waffling message.

This card is very pink. And very message-y. Sara says hi.

Sara sent this postcard from Eureka Books (I’ve been there too!) to marvel over the letter I sent to her house in Arcata, but which was delivered to her campus mailbox, for some unknown reason.

Big traveler Sara says that on June 3, 2023, NOLA was gorgeous. She especially enjoyed all the details on the buildings.

In somewhat of a postal service miracle, the four postcards that Sara sent commemorating her visit to the Trees of Mystery arrived on the same day.

I visited the Trees of Mystery in 2019, but Sara, living a few hours south, finally made her way north to this wonderful site. (To be fair, there was a pandemic in the middle that jumbled things up.)

In this card, Sara points out the vintage cars in the lot and hazards a guess that this photo is from 1978 or 1982.

Sara said that her family enjoyed brunch at the Forest Café, and that it was a “unique dining experience” as the postcard promises.

Sara was traveling with her niblings, who she calls niblets.

Sara reports that Dr. Summer Sara is balancing some work and play and that she was glad the Trees of Mystery was part of that play.

I enjoy so much about this postcard. That it’s from a blood bank. That they have a funny slogan, and that I can see that the person who took the picture was a three gallon donor.

Sara reports that their Barbie viewing was last night, and she and Shawn enjoyed it. Also that there was a mountain of laundry waiting for her. Presumably, by the time I received this postcard, that laundry had been conquered.