Until I was in my early twenties I must have had a couple of dozen Pen Pals from all around the world- of course the Internet changed all of that and now me and a few of my ” Pals” from the old days send mail via the Internet.

I think that e-mail changed the flavor of letters and only recently has some of that come back.

Another thing that changed was my stamp collection.

In ‘the day’ I’d save the envelope ( which we used to decorate ) with the stamp in the corner and I’d put them in these photo albums. Every once and awhile I’d go through them and think about how neat it was that I was writing to people in places like Scotland or Germany or somewhere here in the States.

Now days I have site meter- it’s not the same as the stamp, but on the other hand I can’t imagine that the kid I was would have guessed that one morning she’d wake up every morning to find that people from these places had read something she’d written.

1		Canada	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2		United States	Grand Rapids, Michigan
3		United States	Oakland, California
4		United States	Jacksonville, Florida
5		United States	New York
6		United Kingdom	London, London, City of
7		Norway	Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag
8		United Kingdom
9		Qatar	Doha, Ad Dawhah
10		Romania	Constanta

25		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ljubuski, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegov…
26		United Kingdom	Barrow In Furness
27		Czech Republic	Rudn, Stredocesky Kraj
28		United States	Columbus, Georgia
29		Italy	Rescaldina, Lombardia

31

Australia

Preston, Victoria

36

Netherlands

Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland

63		Egypt	Cairo, Al Qahirah
64		Germany	Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
65		Hungary	Szeged
66		Australia
67		Spain	Santa Brgida, Canarias
68		United Kingdom	Elgin, Moray
69		Australia	Busselton, Western Australia

 

I don’t have the stamps anymore, but what I do have is a better understanding about communication- how important it is to ourselves that we are part of a community and that in that community we have a place and a voice.

It’s an important understanding to have.

Write On.