Back in 2019, a letter from the east coast of the US would get to Sweden or Denmark in about 10-11 days, every single time. And a letter to Australia would get there in 2 weeks. Ever since about 2022, a letter to Sweden or Denmark, no joke, takes about 20 days. Seriously? And a… Continue reading US mail is slower (both domestic and international)
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How fast is US mail delivered?
I was in San Francisco during the second full week of December for the American Geophysical Union conference, and on the Thursday of that week, I dropped off two pieces of mail. I dropped them off directly at the post office in downtown San Francisco (so not in a blue street-side mailbox). One letter was… Continue reading How fast is US mail delivered?
Eid cards
I made these Eid cards for the Eid after Ramadan in 2023. I didn't think they looked all that special, but everyone I sent them to did! That was so nice. They said, woah, were did you get those? How did you make them? Well, it was very simple. The flowers in middle are from… Continue reading Eid cards
All my stationary for letter-writing
I used to write letters to people on plain notebook paper. Plain notebook paper is fine and all, but suddenly, when you are thinking about your recipient opening it from the envelope -- and seeing the dirty-white color that tints to pea-green in certain lights, and the clash of the blue lines with the red… Continue reading All my stationary for letter-writing
Ordering postage stamps online
Since I hadn't been in a store of any type for over two months, it had come to this: ordering stamps online. My stash of stamps had sadly gone very low. It was all down to bad luck. I had been to the post office in order to get stamps on multiple occasions before the… Continue reading Ordering postage stamps online
Carl Larsson in the US
I once wrote about finding Carl Larsson cards in Berkeley, California, and in Davis, California. Well, I have found some more Carl Larsson artifacts in the US. First, you can go to Solvang, California, and there's a store there that sells magnets with Carl Larsson paintings on them. I don't want to mention the name… Continue reading Carl Larsson in the US
More bokmärken in the US
I wrote once about the first time I ever found bokmärken in the US. It was such a wonderful occasion. I went back to Payn's Stationary story when I visited San Francisco again in December 2019 for a conference. He was still selling bokmärken, and there were different varieties than the last time I'd been… Continue reading More bokmärken in the US
All about pens
Today I saw an hour-long demonstration by a professor at Rice, all about pens. It was very interesting! He had a pen straight out of the 1800s, or 1700s. It doesn't look like a pen; it looks like something you'd have in a toolbox to scrape paint. It's a wooden stick to grip, and then… Continue reading All about pens
What if you forget to write the zip code on a piece of mail?
I dropped three postcards in a rush into a blue mail pick-up bin in Union Station in Los Angeles on a Monday evening in December. In my hurry, I had forgotten to write the zip code of the delivery address on two of those postcards (I wrote the addresses down from memory, and meant to… Continue reading What if you forget to write the zip code on a piece of mail?
Pretty stationary
As I wound down my PhD, I started spending more time at the UNC Makerspace. That's where you can use a laser cutter or a vinyl cutter, do some 3D printing, or duck into the woodshop, and use fancy bottles of glue, and get access to paint and a sewing machine and more and more.… Continue reading Pretty stationary
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