Hi all.
Please note, the address for sending letters has changed, and is now:
Hagome 15, Kiryat Tivon 36090, Israel
It is also written next to the header of the blog.
It will actually be a bit over a month before I will be in the new address, but anything that will arrive before me, will wait for me there.
D.
I recently participated in an art challenge posted by Theme Thursday on the subject of Hands. Among other works from different artists, I found Silvia’s work:
And here what she wrote:
“Hands, the actual challenge on Theme Thursday, gives us a wide space for interpretation. Today nearly the most people send e-mails, SMS or give a call… so I’ve decided to take a writing hand, using paper and feather 
“
D.
I’m not sure. Is it the long time it takes to write a good letter, or the fear of baring too much? I know I’m not the only one feeling that way:
“I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.”
John Steinbeck
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“Even when I have to write a simple letter I’m scared stiff as if faced with looming seasickness.”
Gustav Klimt
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“You will no doubt expect a long letter after so much delay, but I am afraid you will be disappointed, as long letters are not my forte.”
William J. Wills
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“Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter… I am so unlucky.”
Eddie Slovik
And another one, amusing but so true:
“I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.”
Pascal
D.
As my first choice of cup was declined at the post store for being breakable, I set off to find a plastic cup that will fit the demands of our local post store manager. This turned out to be not an easy task. It seams that most plastic cups where either too small for all the postage stickers, or came in a set of four. Eventually I chose one of the cups we used at home, hoping no one will miss it.
Here is the before:
And the after:
And here it is at the post counter, all ready to go, and no, not the local post store where I was still not up to their harsh standards, but at the main branch, where they are big and confident enough to accommodate strange request, although not professional enough not to whisper and giggle about it:
Not only that I was able to send it, but I already got the news that it made its way unharmed to its destination. I never told it to the people at the post store, but each time I go there I have this superior feeling.
And as I promised in this post header, not just one cup but two. The second cup is the one that was sent to me, and was waiting for me in the mailbox one day.
It was very clever choosing a cup that you can put all the information under the plastic, knowing it will be protected from the elements. And it was decorated all over with postage stamps.
I asked Aline, who sent me the cup if she had any problems, her answer was:
it was pretty easy, the postman just asked me if i wanted to send it like that and when i said yes, he said ‘thats unique’ and happily sent it!
D.
Yes, a lot of people still take the time to write to the newspaper, knowing their opinion will not change the world, but still think it is important to express it.
