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<\/a><\/p>\nIt’s fairly obvious from the postcard on the left that these are vintage greetings.<\/p>\n
Some of them were sent, and others were saved for one reason or another.<\/p>\n I lined them up randomly to take this picture, but it turns out that they are actually in order. \u00a0 They are all written by my great-grandmother, Josephine Curry, to my grandmother. \u00a0 The earliest postcard was written in 1908, when my grandmother was away at Tunasassa Indian School. \u00a0 After she was at school, my grandmother worked as a domestic for some white people for a few years. \u00a0 There are no postcards from the time of my gran’s first marriage, that’s a mystery without an answer. \u00a0 The last postcard is from about 1926, \u00a0before my mom was born, when my aunt was going to Indian School. \u00a0These faded postcards and an even more faded photo are the only bits left from my great-grandmother, who was born in 1860. \u00a0 My mom had these bits so I assume that she kept them as a link to the past. \u00a0Mom was from my gran’s second family, so most of the old people were already gone by the time she was born and she never knew them.<\/p>\n That is the good mail, then there are the modern letters that I get, and I would not classify them as good or pleasant or welcome, but it is mail.<\/p>\n My youngest brother likes to send me whiny letters complaining about all his bills and ills. \u00a0 He writes letters because he never answers his phone, this is the only way to communicate with him. \u00a0 I believe that his purpose is to guilt me into paying his bills, and this is not going to happen. \u00a0 So I reply; change what you’re doing and I will help you. \u00a0 That never happens, and I continue to get the same letter on a different date. \u00a0Oh well, maybe the fleeting messages of the internet are the way to go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the early days of the internet (AOL), your computer would let you know of the arrival of this modern miracle of instant communication with a cheery greeting. \u00a0 Now of course, it is routine to get an avalanche of e-mails, most of which are unimportant, with the occasional gem of communication. \u00a0 But besides … Continue reading You’ve Got Mail<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n