This week the mailbox has been extrordinarily full with letters from old friends and new penpals. A few years ago, when I participated in a European study abroad program (ERASMUS), some of my friends and I kept in touch by regularly writing letters to one another. We were all away doing our own thing and exploring various European countries so we usually had a lot to write home about and I still get excited about receiving personal letters and postcards….
A Postal Project For many years I have enjoyed the art of letter writing to keep in touch with friends back home while I am living abroad, or to maintain contact with new friends I have met on my travels. In today’s uber connected world I find the instantaneity of email, text, messenger, snapchat, whatsapp, etc.. overwhelming to say the least. Often I am busy when a message comes through so I skim-read it with intentions of replying later, but…
It’s been a while since I created the postal pick and I was all but decided to call it off as up until the other day my best bit of post had been my pay cheque but to my surprise and delight upon opening the mailbox I found a very informative little piece of Britain staring back at me, courtesy of Xavier. This beautiful postcard shows Ogmore Castle in Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr (Bridgend), as a stunning sunset is reflected on…
I will be starting a new feature to get some more photographs and art from around the world displayed on my blog. I look forward to getting to know more about the far corners of this world I have yet to discover. If you would like your images to be shared please write to: Touring And Tribulations 317 Harbour Road Coal Harbour British Columbia V0N 1K0 Canada 20 – 26th February 2012 Having been lucky enough to receive a few…
At last we have internet and can re-connect with the world outside of Ashern! So most of Thursday and Friday was spent reading emails, writing emails, and basically regaining my ‘social network’ online. I tried to explain to Kàrim (in French) that we have dial-up. At first it was misunderstood/ lost in translation due to the incredulous nature of my statement. Finally his response was along the lines of “You mean the type that makes all that noise that we…