For my birthday a few years ago, my friend Molly gave me a slim book called the haiku year. It changed not only the way I thought about haiku but also about postcards. In the book’s preface, Tom Gilroy explains that the friends pledged to write a haiku a day and send them to each […]
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The 50,000 Silver Dollar Bar: A Montana Attraction
My mom’s parents, Hazel and David, owned a gift store for many years in West Virginia. I have only faint memories of playing on the floor while Mom worked the cash register. In the ’80s, when the Huntington Mall opened a few miles up Rt. 60, my grandparents closed the shop and converted it into […]
Writing Postcards With Style (Or, Waiting for Woonsocket)
I have a sweet spot for postcards. How can I feel such big love for such tiny rectangles? Good question. This is a first in a series of posts about these travel-writing vehicles par excellence. For one thing, postcards are finite. You have to prioritize your words. There’s none of that grab-another-piece-of-paper or flip-it-over-and-write-on-the-back safety […]