[stylist] R: Post Cards from Prague

Fri May 18 02:46:24 UTC 2012

You are so right about the cost of postcards.  To send a postcard from 
Europe is a big expense. People have no idea how much it costs to buy it and 
send it.  I always told my students that they should not spend money 
bringing back souveniers for family and friends as it is not their 
experience and will mean next to nothing to the person they give it to - but 
to give them a post card instead - because it is a very big expense as it 
is.  I always had a budget for sending cards when I was traveling - it was 
usually $100. for post cards and postage.  And, then the time it takes to 
write them all, too. I would carry them with me when I was out for the day, 
and then take little rest stops or stop to do some drawing or picture 
taking - and then would do some post cards at that time as well. It took me 
a long time to get all the cards written and sent out. Often I was back home 
before the cards arrived - they come very SLOWLY.

Lynda
Lynda Lambert
104 River Road
Ellwood City, PA 16117

724 758 4979

My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] R: Post Cards from Prague

> Hi,
> exactly, even if I cannot read the hand written letter,  I have a little 
> vision so might read it, but if not, its read to me. I feel special 
> knowing they took the time to write a letter. Also, even if someone sends 
> a postcard or greeting I feel blessed; for one thing, the card they bought 
> and took the time to sign and the postage costs money-- money that they 
> could spend elsewhere. But they thought enough about me to well, gasp--  
> select a card and mail the postcard!
> It’s the thought, and in a time of free email its less and less that 
> people send cards. Besides, if its from a foreign place, the postcard with 
> its pictures serves as a souvenir.
>
> So, I often save those cards. they are cool
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:20 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] R: Post Cards from Prague
>
> Hooray for you, Barbara!
> Isn't it an amazing day when you get a hand written letter!  I can no 
> longer
> read a letter, of course, but there is something so special about knowing
> that someone took the time to put their hand to the paper and think of
> writing to me.  I still amaze folks when they get a hand written letter 
> from
> me - I use those forms for the blind, and I can still write letters and
> address envelopes that way.
> Lynda
> Lynda Lambert
> 104 River Road
> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>
> 724 758 4979
>
> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] R: Post Cards from Prague
>
>
>> This is the thing I shoot for each time a birthday of someone comes 
>> around. On facebook I don't get too creative, but if I'm going to send a 
>> card, I'd rather wtrite the poem inside myself.
>> Some of those are so beautiful.
>> Barbara
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Lynda Lambert
>> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:06 AM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: [stylist] R: Post Cards from Prague
>>
>> I was thinking today about the beginning of the summer, and the traveling 
>> season we are now into for the next few months. Travel has always been a 
>> central part of my own life and it still remains so even though I now 
>> have sight loss issues. I find that I love to travel as much as I ever 
>> did, and I enjoy where I am in the same way as before.
>>
>>
>> I have attached a poem I wrote in Prague a few years ago. I was there 
>> every summer for many years. I taught in Europe in the summer time and 
>> took students there to study on-location in Italy, Germany, Austria, and 
>> Czech Republic.  Our Course was "Drawing and Writing in Salzburg." We 
>> lived in  a small village in the Alps in Austria and had classes there 
>> every morning. We took long weekends to other countries together.
>> The students traveled with me for a month of studies each summer in July.
>>
>> This poem was composed as we traevled in Prague and in the form of 
>> individual post cards to be sent from there.  I imagined sending out 
>> creative post cards instead of the typical ones that really say nothing 
>> at all about the place or the person's internal dialogue with the place.
>>
>> I thought, wouldn't it be refreshing to get a REAL post card from Prague? 
>> this motivated me to begin writing the post cards you see here.
>>
>> Is travel a theme in any of your work?
>> I find that travel is really central to mine, even if it is a 
>> metaphorical journey.
>>
>> This poem was published in my book, "Concerti:  Psalms for the Journey."
>>
>> Available through www.amazon.com
>>
>>
>> Lynda Lambert
>> 104 River Road
>> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>>
>> 724 758 4979
>>
>> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>>
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