Collecting Postcards

That is wonderful. I have some postcards at my desk from Virginia Tech. I just graduated from there, so it’s cool to see pictures from campus They are empty though. I need to send them to friends.

Great first blog post.

Collecting post cards is an excellent idea, and it’s something I’ve never considered. I’ll have to do that on our next trip. Plus it will go well with my wife’s scrapbooking passion  http://www.paperclipping.com), because she can use them inside her layouts.

Thanks for the inspiration, and have a fun, safe trip!

I want to start collecting old postcards…. My wife loves those things…

nice blog, i used to collect stamps when i was younger.

Very entertaining; I like your writing style. Hope to read some more!!

Great read, definitely keep posting.

Judy, Judy, Judy…welcome to the blogosphere. I’m so pleased you’ve joined us here. Now I can’t wait to see the postcards from your Alaska trip.

And I hope you’ll be showing us some postcards from your childhood too.

I’m only reading this because your Chris Pirillo’s mom.
You should be happy having him for a son!
A lot of people watch him on the internet!

Welcome to the world of blogging. I’ve been following your sons career for quite the while now here at the old permafrost ranch. You did a great job on him. I have a couple of old postcards I’ve collected over the years. One of the oldest is one from the 1904 Worlds Fair. The stamp is what caught my eye, but the card is great also.

I too love Angels! I’ve read alot of the books out recently (well within past decade, like Terry Lynn Taylor’s books and Doreen Virtue). Anyway so YES.. give it all to your Travel Angel and have a wonderful trip!!

A very refreshing piece… I hope to read new entries in the future. I am happy that you have done this for your parents!
You all keep up the good work…

Take as little as possible. Nobody on the boat cares if you have different dresses for dinner. Thank the Lord for polyester jersey. Packs small, de-wrinkles easily and looks good at the drop of a hat. Don’t match shoes to everything. Just take comfortable ones. Don’t carry a lot of valuables.

Have fun, and bring us back a postcard! LOL!

Hi Judy
Ronni @ Timegoesby sent me over to welcome you to the blogsphere.
I am going to bookmark your blog so I can return and read all about your upcoming trip. It sounds fabulous.
Drop by to see me when you get a chance.

Janet aka “Chancy”

Don’t forget to send yourself a bunch of postcards to add to your collection!
I have a small collection of elephants, not real ones, mind you, but toys, little statues, Indian paintings, and although I do have to dust them, I like them. Elephants are sturdy reliable animals. I might blog about this some time.
In any case, bon voyage!
Ronni sent me, I’ll be sure to come back

Judy, What do you use to store your postcards?, Thanks, Marion

I love postcards, but, I’m bad about getting them, and, then not doing anything with them. Have a great trip!

Lovely post. Hope you have a great holiday with absolutely no hitches.
Are you going to post a picture of the Northern Lights when you get back I wonder?
Bon voyage.

I agree: great post; excellent idea. I found you at TGB. It’s wonderful that you’ve added blogging to your list. I’ll look forward to hearing about the trip!

Judy, you have refreshed my memory of preparing for a lengthy trip. Between getting ready for the trip and reversing the procedure when home it almost makes you wonder if it’s worth it. Of course it is and once you’re on that plane to far away places you can relax and enjoy. Bon Voyage!

Hey, great article! Postcards really are awesome collectibles. You can stick them in photo albums or scrapbooks too, to help remember the trip! So glad to read there were no luggage problems! Something I’d like to pass along for any future trips though, just in case! Global Bag Tag! They are awesome little tags, I love them. They are silver and blue, very attractive, very durable Your personal information isn’t stored on them, but on the global bag tag database, along with your complete itinerary! If your luggage gets “disconnected” from you (wink wink) it can be sent to your current location or to your next destination. Very nice I’m looking forward to reading more of your adventures!!

Hi Judy

Welcome to the blogosphere! I enjoyed reading about “postcards.”
When I traveled with my husband and wanted to be sure to have a good picture of a place that we visited I would buy a postcard. Took no chances with a camera.

When you visit my blog you will see a cartoon that your son Chris did of me. To this day, everytime I look at it, I get a kick out of it.

Enjoy

Hi Judy,
Postcard for a travel journal! Very cool. Postcards have a real mystique, and you’ve really captured how they have figured in your life. Hope the Alaska trip was a winner.

Many blessings.

Great first posting. I enjoyed it. I hadn’t really thought of collecting postcards. What a great idea. We went on our first cruise in January of this year. It does take a lot of work to get ready for that short vacation.

I collected post cards of movie stars when I was young, don’t have those anymore!

great post, let us know how you got on and if your angel worked, have a super trip!

Didja know that there’s a US postage stamp picturing the Aurora Borealis? (and Australis too). They’re 84 cent stamps that weren’t sold in postoffices, so you have to buy them from a dealer or on eBay, at a hefty price. See:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330168767050

But if you wait till October, you’ll be able to get stamps with the same pictures for 41 cents each at your local postoffice.

Hey, Judy. Welcome to the online world, so to speak.

My collection from places I’ve been is shot glasses. I’m sure yours are cheaper!

Like the others, I’m looking forward to hearing more from you.

Rodney.

Welcome to the blogosphere, Chris’s mom! May you become a Net personality in your own right.
Bill Webb

Great to have another Pirillo in the online community! I think all of us are collectors of postcards in one way or another. I don’t collect, but I always buy with the intent of sending them. Then, I misplace them, lose them, etc.. and then don’t send them. Eventually they turn back up and it’s too late so I keep them… Inadvertently, I’m a collector!

Dear Judy,
First I want to tell you that I have subscribed to you son’s Lockergnome from the day he began it…just a kid from Des Moines. You have a son that I am sure you are very proud of and I suppose you have to keep sewing on the buttons on his dad’s shirts with all of Chris’ successful endeavors.

I hope you love blogging as much as I do. As an old woman who used to love to write letters, it is just the thing to do as it is so easy, no stamps, correcting and editing is a snap and the spell checker is a life saver or the thing that can trip you up if not watched.

The learning curve is a little steep at first. Don’t give up it will give you years of pleasant writing. Dredging up a few good memories of youth is a blessed reverie.

Great first blog!! I too collect postcards in a way, whenever I’ve traveled somewhere I usually buy about 3 postcards to take back home with me.. “guaranteed photos” of where I’ve been, especially in the old camera with film days where you never knew if you’d get home and no pictures would be had.

Now even with a digi cam I still do the postcard thing, plus a shotglass as well

Keep on postin!

Many wonder why Picture Post Cards are bought today, looked at, and put away. But when rediscovered 20-30 years later they ignite fond memories!

Packing, packing, and repacking, in our household this is the one thing that slows us down, I would really like to go on a trip and buy the extra clothes after I get to the destination.

You will have several new places to visit and explore, with the new friends you made on this excursion,

And it will continue with more memories and Post Cards, “and blogs” !

Doug Manne UncleDoug

I can see where Chris gets his way with words! Very well written and interesting. Keep up the good work.

I was sure I had left a comment here yesterday, but must have hit the wrong key
Anyway, it was just to say that I had enjoyed this post and that I hope you’ll go on blogging. I’m sure to come back.

I love collecting old postcards! Mostly Old linen restaurant, hotel, motel cities and fairs and expositions.

I post them at my website just for people to view (I can never part with any of them - love them too much). I like the used ones that were actually mailed. It’s interesting to see what people were doing during their travels. A simpler time for sure!

Have fun and keep us up-to-date!

Welcome to the world of blogging, you are doing far better than your son !

Postcards can tell you a lot about where you live now, we have learned a lot of the history of our village by buying them.

A neighbour has put some of ours on the village website

http://www.saintjustdavray.free.fr/phototheque/cartes_postales/cartes_postales_1.htm

Great story. I collect postcards, too! Have since my earliest trips as a child. My mother always said to take pictures on trips with people in them. If you want a shot of the site you went to see without someone, just buy a postcard. (It’s quicker and better photography anyway.)

Do you have pictures of the Northern Lights with you?

Great blog, Mrs. Pirillo. You obviously get your warm personality and friendly tone from your son. You might wanna think about spell check, though.

What does one DO, exactly, to raise a child like Chris Pirillo?

Now we know where Prof Chris got his writing talent .
Great stuff, Mrs.P!
cheers,
dar

Hey pretty good for your first blog. I hope I can write that well.
Keep posting

Welcome to the wonderful world of Blogging. Your style is very natural, easy to read, and entertaining! Great post.

Yes,you do write well. And you can be proud of your son. I have been a student for some 12 years, or whenever he started up. Now he is a big celebrity. But he is still your little boy.

Do keep blogging. I like family things.

great post, I used to collect them myself when I was young along with railroad folders that I still collect today (brochures) also trolley brochures

Some old cards are worth a fortune today.

Welcome to Lockergnome! I have one collection of things, but it rather odd. I collect butts and nether region things for my bathroom. I have little pig butts, cat butts, etc., very cute actually. They are not very easy to find though, so I only have a small collection.

I used to collect postcards as a kid, I had a pretty decent collection. We went on a trip all the way up the California coast, and I collected them from everywhere we went. My favorites were the ones from Hearst Castle, and The Winchester Mansion. Postcards sure stimulate memories!

Hello and welcome,
I’ve read your son’s blogs for years now, and being a mom myself, I watched with a smile as his online career expanded–and told my own sons more than once of his latest exploits in an attempt to encourage them to get started online–with absolutely no luck, I might add Anyway, I think it is wonderful that you have joined him online.
Smiles,
Teresa

Being an avid collector of lots of things, it was fun reading your blog entry about collecting postcards. I even write a free monthly email newsletter about collecting in general.

I have a friend who is a postcard collector and has over 15,000 cards!!  http://postcardsfromtheroad.net) I’ll send her over here and maybe she can join the discussions.

Keep up the great blog!

Hello!

Someone who heard about you from your son’s newsletter told me I’d be interested in your blog since I’m a postcard collector too, and I enjoyed reading about how you got started with the hobby. My story can be found on my website http://www.PostcardsFromTheRoad.net. So nice to “meet” you. Where do you live? Do you ever go to postcard shows? Perhaps we’ve seen each other somewhere.

A belated welcome to Elder Blogging which I just learned about at “Time Goes By.” Your Alaska trip and post card collection sound interesting. I’ve enjoyed Chris’ cartoons and I wrote about Ronni Bennett’s appearance at Gnomedex 2007. I’ve been so pleased he gave her an opportunity to speak on elder tech issues so many of us have long supported.

I love old postcards. I try and buy them of my town as often as I can find them. EBay has been a great source.

I love the online aspect. I will have to work on adding it to my site!

You are a great blogger…

hello! I’m a postcard enthusiast but just getting back to it! Hope you can send me a postcard when you get the chance and I’ll link your blog to mine. you have a content-rich blog! be back for more readings! To know more about my project, please visit:

http://www.thepostcardcollector.us/

thank you and have a great one!

-mae