Books and Author

 February 11 & 12, 2026

Sara from Belgium asked about nature in Japan versus Canada...no one usually asks about that! I think this is a vintage UNICEF postcard. 

Opening a book --discover a world.

Rebecca sent this card featuring Muriel Spark and wrote about novels and films, my favourite subjects. She also mentioned that she has a Book Podcast called Canada Reads American Style. Check it out if you are interested!  I listened in tonight and it was very interesting.

Muriel Spark
Author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Germany and Food

 February 11, 2026

I received these cards recently. 

From Switzerland I received this cool cards featuring marzipan pigs. They are supposed to bring good luck for the New Year after eating them. 

The stamp on the card was the first of its kind that I have seen before. It looks like it is made out of a knitted material!

Jane sent this next card and says that it shows the medieval town of Esslingen in Southern Germany. 

She used some gorgeous stamps on the back of the card too. They are beautiful!

Lithuania & China

December 2025 

I received these cool cards later on in December. 

Vygandas sent this cute tea related card from Lithuania. He didn't write much on the back of the card, sad to say.  The stamp he used was also nice.

I'm not sure if this is a lobster or a crayfish!

New Postcrosser CristianoL from China sent this card. No personal message on the back. It's an interesting looking card. It isn't one that matches my interests, but it's fine!

December 2, 2025

 I'm Back!

I'm tenatively back at Postcrossing again. I sent a couple of cards in November and have just received 3. However, I won't be blogging as much or in as much detail. I just don't have the time anymore. 

Still, my cards are nice and I'd like to show them off!

From Germany, Leonie sent this. She's a fairly new postcrosser. She decorated the card on the back too. It's cute.

Nina sent this from Finland with a gorgeous stamp and a sentiment that we can all get behind!

Finally, from Taiwan, Linn sent this card and wrote on the back about her holiday in China. The stamps were also quite interesting.

Until next time!?

Germany - Books

October 3, 2020

Barbara sent this book card to me from Germany. She wrote an interesting note on the back of the card too. 

She wrote,

"Hallo Helen! I love standing in front of my book-wall →choosing a world to drop in. At the moment I read "Shaking Hands with the Devil" by Romeo Dallaire. It is hard to read but very interesting. But I also like thrilled and something like that. Wish you all the best!

Barbara"

France - Greeting Card

September 29, 2020

Melanie from France sent me a gorgeous greeting card (not postcard) with a long and lovely message on the inside.  I won't reproduce it here as it fairly personal, but she says that the movie of her life is Dirty Dancing: The Havana Night (ha ha).  She also loves all of the Pirates of the Carribean films. She wrote that she likes US or Latin American authors like Sherman Alexie, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

 

Germany - Black and White

September 26, 2020

Marc-André wrote from Germany. He's a teacher and wrote a short note on the back. He also used a very cool stamp on the back.

He wrote,

Hello Helen,

many greetings from Berlin.

I am a teacher for maths & physics. School started again in August and we all have to wear a mask everywhere on the school ground but not in the classes during our lessons. So we want to avoid that an infection will be spread in different classes.

Stay healthy!

M

The Evangelist Matthew

A Sesame Street Stamp! Love it!