Monday, October 26, 2026

Swan Cove on Erie Bay, Erie PA

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Sent in 1937!!
Friday, October 23, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday: The Bad Boss

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 A friend was in a situation recently where their work brought in a new boss.  The boss was hyped up for months before they arrived.  A firm...
Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Shawn Choen's "College Girl, Missing"

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 I will often pick up a true crime book if it relates to something that happened in an area that I know well.   So, someone recommended Shaw...
Friday, October 16, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday: Its October!

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 It is October, my favorite month of the year.  I try really hard to do as much of the seasonal celebration as possible.  Heck, for me, Octo...
Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Feeding the Gulls at Daytona Beach Florida

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I love the colors on this postcard, sent from Daytona Beach in 1950.
Friday, October 9, 2026

Random Thoughts On Friday- My Next Book! Strange Kentucky Travels 2

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 I just wanted to put up a note that I am almost finished with my second book!  I am pretty darn proud of it, as I am my first one.   I was ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Vaults of Old St. Louis Cemetery- New Orleans LA.

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Sent in 1952, the back of this postcard notes- The vaults in St. Louis cemetery, nearly all more than one hundred years old, decorated...
Friday, October 2, 2026

Atlantic City Auditorium and Convention Hall, NJ

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"Its still the same old Atlantic City" someone tells a friend via this postcard in 1934.
Friday, September 25, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday

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 I am getting to the age where some of my friends from childhood have passed away.  Not many, but a few. One of my best friends through midd...
Monday, September 21, 2026

Jackson Lake and Teton Mountains, Wyoming

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This is the region of historic Jackson Hole, hide-out of frontier day outlaws, now the location of many fine modern Dude Ranches. Grand Te...
Monday, September 14, 2026

The Automat- as famous as the New York Skylineitself

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This unused postcard shows the Automat.  it says- One hundred and fifty-six HORN & HARDART Automat-Cafeterias, Restaurants and Retai...
Friday, September 11, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday: September 11th

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 I know I have mentioned it before, but I am in the mood to talk about it again.....  9/11. We were living in Cleveland Ohio at the time, an...
Friday, September 4, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday: Music Clubs

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 I heard on the radio that Columbia House was finally going out of business.  I honestly wasn't aware that they were still in business. ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Suspension Bridge and View from the Kentucky side of the Ohio, Covington, KY

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This old postcard shows Ohio from Covington.  Its is very old, but unused.
Friday, August 28, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday: Bootleg concert shirts

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 I saw an article the other day about counterfeit t-shirts at concerts.  It was a discussion about the value of knock off shirts, often sold...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

1954 postcard showing Denver Colorado

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This postcard was sent to a friend in Indiana in 1954.  The sender talks about touring Colorado, and experiencing hot weather out west.
Friday, August 21, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday- What If

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 I was at an event the other night with my wife, and another couple.  We started talking, and I mentioned to them the story of when I flippe...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

The White House

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This postcard was sent in 1915.  I am not sure of the sender is serious or not, but he boasts of dining with the President (which would ha...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

"The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland" by John Railey

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While on our recent road trip through the Carolinas, I picked up a few books on local stories, strangeness and crimes.  One volume I picked ...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday: More thoughts on lower level sports

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I have always been a fan of minor league sports, especially baseball.  It is always fun attending games at the smaller parks, watching the y...
Sunday, August 2, 2026

Greenbrier, White Sulpher Springs West Virginia Postcard

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I love this postcard from the Greenbrier, sent from the hotel in 1977.  The sender tells a friend in New York about all of the activities ...
Friday, July 31, 2026

Random Thoughts on Friday: Playbills

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 I have talked a lot about my love of books.  If you are like me, they do become a bit of an obsession.  An addiction even.  The rule around...
Monday, July 27, 2026

Greenbrier Hotel and Golf Course, White Sulphur Springs West Virginia Old Postcard

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I picked up these two postcards showing the grounds of the LEGENDARY Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia recently.  They are unused, and both ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Jerry A. Goodnight's books on Abraham Lincoln and rumors of his birth in North Carolina

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On our recent road trip through the Carolinas we stopped at the Bostic Lincoln Center, where the museum discusses the rumor that Abraham Lin...
Friday, July 17, 2026

"Bringing Back A Hero" by Robert D. Jornlin Capt. LST 325

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While visiting the LST 325 in Evansville Indiana recently (see my youtube channel) I picked up the great book, "Bringing Back A Hero...