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The word comet -- from the Greek, meaning "long-haired" -- is an apt description for what may appear to be a blur or smudge in the heavens. This Hubble Space Telescope picture shows Hall-Bopp against a stellar backdrop in the constellation Sagittarius. The stars are streaked due to a combination of Hubble's orbital motion and its tracking of the nucleus.
Courtesy of H.A. Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), P.D. Feldman (Johns Hopkins Univ.), and NASA.
Dear Jay, Deb & Dees,
If I remember right, this was the comet that the Applewhite cult offed themselves to pursue. It was so bright in the spring of '97 that I could see it from Chicago, despite city lights.
Dees
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Only the Fool in His Heart Says There is No Cod
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Breaded Alaskan Cod Fillets
Premium fillets of Alaskan Cod... with lightly seasoned bread cr...
No Preservatives
No Artificial Colors or Flavors
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Cod is as close as I'm going to get to Alaska in the near future.
An odd number of "alumni sweethearts" is odd indeed.
Dees
Breaded Alaskan Cod Fillets
Premium fillets of Alaskan Cod... with lightly seasoned bread cr...
No Preservatives
No Artificial Colors or Flavors
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Cod is as close as I'm going to get to Alaska in the near future.
An odd number of "alumni sweethearts" is odd indeed.
Dees
Monday, February 18, 2008
More Claude
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Claude Monet: Lilacs, Overcast Weather, 1872
Fliederbüsche bei trübem Wetter - Les Lilas par temps gris
Paris, Musée d'Orsay
[To: Emily and Sam]
Ann wanted to send a message.
[Drawings by Ann]
Claude Monet: Lilacs, Overcast Weather, 1872
Fliederbüsche bei trübem Wetter - Les Lilas par temps gris
Paris, Musée d'Orsay
[To: Emily and Sam]
Ann wanted to send a message.
[Drawings by Ann]
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Claude
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Claude Monet: Hôtel des Roches Noires, 1870
Paris, Musée d'Orsay
Dear Martha,
Nice to hear from you about your firm &c. Sounds like a good situation.
I won't have any new destination cards for your garage wall for a while -- Grand Rapids in March -- but you will get one then.
Dees
Claude Monet: Hôtel des Roches Noires, 1870
Paris, Musée d'Orsay
Dear Martha,
Nice to hear from you about your firm &c. Sounds like a good situation.
I won't have any new destination cards for your garage wall for a while -- Grand Rapids in March -- but you will get one then.
Dees
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Phantom Beer Wagons
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(A sepia print of an old-timey beer wagon)
Miller Brewing Company
Guided Tours Monday - Saturday, Call for Times.
Gift Shop Open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For information call (414) 931-BEER
www.shopmillerbrewing.com
Dear Kevin,
When in Milwaukee, drink as the Milwaukeeans do. Or at least visit the brewery. Horse-drawn beer wagons are gone, however.
Dees
(A sepia print of an old-timey beer wagon)
Miller Brewing Company
Guided Tours Monday - Saturday, Call for Times.
Gift Shop Open Monday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For information call (414) 931-BEER
www.shopmillerbrewing.com
Dear Kevin,
When in Milwaukee, drink as the Milwaukeeans do. Or at least visit the brewery. Horse-drawn beer wagons are gone, however.
Dees
Friday, February 15, 2008
Smash the Prevailing Paradigms!
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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
#19125 These markers show where the men of I Company under the command of Capt. Miles Keogh fell as they attempted to reach Custer's position while being overwhelmed by Sioux Indians led by Crazy Horse. Photo Courtesy: LIBI
Dear Layne,
Here's a postcard that dares to overthrow the oppressive paradigms of "interesting" and "picturesque."
Dees
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
#19125 These markers show where the men of I Company under the command of Capt. Miles Keogh fell as they attempted to reach Custer's position while being overwhelmed by Sioux Indians led by Crazy Horse. Photo Courtesy: LIBI
Dear Layne,
Here's a postcard that dares to overthrow the oppressive paradigms of "interesting" and "picturesque."
Dees
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Bill
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Joan Miró: The Bill, 1925
Die Rechnung/L'Addition
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou
Dear Rich & Lisa,
Regards from Endless Winter. Somehow, it seems the season for Miró cards.
Do you have Victor's address? Is it still the mail drop in Miami? E-mail me an answer.
Dees
Joan Miró: The Bill, 1925
Die Rechnung/L'Addition
Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou
Dear Rich & Lisa,
Regards from Endless Winter. Somehow, it seems the season for Miró cards.
Do you have Victor's address? Is it still the mail drop in Miami? E-mail me an answer.
Dees
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Sweet Tomato
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Living Room. Taliesin® is the Spring Green, Wisconsin home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright®. Within the 37,000 square feet of Taliesin is the living room, which has been described as the greatest domestic space in America.
Dear Jim,
I don't know if you've heard of a restaurant chain called Sweet Tomato, but you might like it. Buffet style, emphasis on salad, soup, noddles, etc.
Dees
Living Room. Taliesin® is the Spring Green, Wisconsin home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright®. Within the 37,000 square feet of Taliesin is the living room, which has been described as the greatest domestic space in America.
Dear Jim,
I don't know if you've heard of a restaurant chain called Sweet Tomato, but you might like it. Buffet style, emphasis on salad, soup, noddles, etc.
Dees
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Rough Riders
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt lead his Rough Riders (including some of his Badlands cronies) in the charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War and went on to become one of America's greatest presidents. Roosevelt was a conservationist and lead the way to the establishment of the National Park System during his presidency. Photo courtesy of Medora Trading Post. 701-623-4308.
Dear Peter,
Where's TR when we need him? No current candidate has that panache.
Though a ways from San Juan Hill, this is the kind of card you can buy at TR Nat'l Park in ND.
Dees
Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt lead his Rough Riders (including some of his Badlands cronies) in the charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War and went on to become one of America's greatest presidents. Roosevelt was a conservationist and lead the way to the establishment of the National Park System during his presidency. Photo courtesy of Medora Trading Post. 701-623-4308.
Dear Peter,
Where's TR when we need him? No current candidate has that panache.
Though a ways from San Juan Hill, this is the kind of card you can buy at TR Nat'l Park in ND.
Dees
Monday, February 11, 2008
A Children's Rendering of Little Bighorn
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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
#19127 Markers indicate where soldiers died when Lakota and Cheyenne warriors charged up and devastated L Company with fire from repeating rifles. Photo Courtesy: LIBI
Dear Jay, Deb & Dees
[A face and squiggles]
Drawings by Ann, Feb. 2008
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
#19127 Markers indicate where soldiers died when Lakota and Cheyenne warriors charged up and devastated L Company with fire from repeating rifles. Photo Courtesy: LIBI
Dear Jay, Deb & Dees
[A face and squiggles]
Drawings by Ann, Feb. 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Use Safety Scissors
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Be Tuned-In on the Go!
• Super stylish FM radio clips on bet or waistband
• Choice of 2 cool designs - Barbie™ or Hot Wheels™
• Collect Tokens from back panels of specially marked Kellogg's® packages.
Actual item may vary
For ages 5 and above
Approx. size: 3.15" X 3.6" X .87"
Includes 2 replaceable AAA batteries
BARBIE™
Visit Barbie.com™ for fun, fashion, games and more!
CUT & COLLECT
ONE TOKEN
Barbie/Hot Wheels
Cut along dotted line--use safety scissors.
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Ann wanted to send you a message, so here it is --
[Ann's preschool writing follows]
Use your Barbie Tokens wisely.
Dees
Be Tuned-In on the Go!
• Super stylish FM radio clips on bet or waistband
• Choice of 2 cool designs - Barbie™ or Hot Wheels™
• Collect Tokens from back panels of specially marked Kellogg's® packages.
Actual item may vary
For ages 5 and above
Approx. size: 3.15" X 3.6" X .87"
Includes 2 replaceable AAA batteries
BARBIE™
Visit Barbie.com™ for fun, fashion, games and more!
CUT & COLLECT
ONE TOKEN
Barbie/Hot Wheels
Cut along dotted line--use safety scissors.
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Ann wanted to send you a message, so here it is --
[Ann's preschool writing follows]
Use your Barbie Tokens wisely.
Dees
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Bob L'Eponge
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Dunkaroos
Biscuits et creme
Saveurs Artificielles
Biscuits Bob L'Eponge
Dear Jay & Deb,
Enclosed are souvenirs from Canada. Originally my idea was to give you the Big Turk candy bar whole, but we forgot to do so for quite a while. Eventually, rather than give you stale turkish delight, we ate it. You are free to throw the wrapper away.
The card is the French side of the bilingual cookies & creme product eaten by children while in Canada.
Dees
Dunkaroos
Biscuits et creme
Saveurs Artificielles
Biscuits Bob L'Eponge
Dear Jay & Deb,
Enclosed are souvenirs from Canada. Originally my idea was to give you the Big Turk candy bar whole, but we forgot to do so for quite a while. Eventually, rather than give you stale turkish delight, we ate it. You are free to throw the wrapper away.
The card is the French side of the bilingual cookies & creme product eaten by children while in Canada.
Dees
Friday, February 8, 2008
An Upward Flow of Warmer Gases
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Saturn Storm
This image of the ringed planet Saturn shows a rare storm that appears as a white arrowhead-shaped feature near the planet's equator. The storm's white clouds are ammonia ice crystals that form when an upward flow of warmer gases shoves its way through Saturn's frigid cloud tops. The east-west extent of this storm is equal to the diameter of the Earth (about 7,900 miles),
Courtesy of Reta Beebe (New Mexico State Univ.), D. Gilmore, L. Bergeron (STScl), and NASA
Dear Robert,
Welcome to the winter you've only heard about. Watch for falling ice. Also be sure to visit us sometime after it gets warmer (April, maybe.)
Yr. Uncle Dees
Saturn Storm
This image of the ringed planet Saturn shows a rare storm that appears as a white arrowhead-shaped feature near the planet's equator. The storm's white clouds are ammonia ice crystals that form when an upward flow of warmer gases shoves its way through Saturn's frigid cloud tops. The east-west extent of this storm is equal to the diameter of the Earth (about 7,900 miles),
Courtesy of Reta Beebe (New Mexico State Univ.), D. Gilmore, L. Bergeron (STScl), and NASA
Dear Robert,
Welcome to the winter you've only heard about. Watch for falling ice. Also be sure to visit us sometime after it gets warmer (April, maybe.)
Yr. Uncle Dees
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Earthrise
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Rising Earth
The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of about 380,000 kilometers (236,000 miles) and has a diameter about one-fourth that of the Earth -- making it an unusually large natural satellite. The rising Earth is about 5 degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft.
Courtesy NASA and NSSDC
Dear Steve & Deb,
I'm afraid this view is out of reach for spring break, but we will make it to Michigan for my nephew's wedding (and how did he get to be 25?)
Dees
Rising Earth
The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of about 380,000 kilometers (236,000 miles) and has a diameter about one-fourth that of the Earth -- making it an unusually large natural satellite. The rising Earth is about 5 degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft.
Courtesy NASA and NSSDC
Dear Steve & Deb,
I'm afraid this view is out of reach for spring break, but we will make it to Michigan for my nephew's wedding (and how did he get to be 25?)
Dees
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Customer Comment
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Io
Jupiter's innermost moon, Io, is roughly the size of Earth's moon, but 2,000 times farther away. The reddish, white, and black areas are probably surface deposits, possibly consisting of mixtures of salts, sulfur, and sublimate deposits. Many of the black spots are associated with craters of possible volcanic origin.
Courtesy NASA
To Whom It May Concern [at Pomegranate, who published the postcard book The Solar System.]:
This is an excellent series of postcards & I'm sure your others are as well. They are, however, hard to remove from the books without tearing.
Regards,
Dees Stribling
Io
Jupiter's innermost moon, Io, is roughly the size of Earth's moon, but 2,000 times farther away. The reddish, white, and black areas are probably surface deposits, possibly consisting of mixtures of salts, sulfur, and sublimate deposits. Many of the black spots are associated with craters of possible volcanic origin.
Courtesy NASA
To Whom It May Concern [at Pomegranate, who published the postcard book The Solar System.]:
This is an excellent series of postcards & I'm sure your others are as well. They are, however, hard to remove from the books without tearing.
Regards,
Dees Stribling
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Comet
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Comet Hyakutake
These images of Comet Hyakutake focus on a very small region near the heart of the comet -- the icy, solid nucleus. The icy regions of the nucleus are activated as they rotate into sunlight, ejecting large amounts of dust in the jets that are faintly visible here. Sunlight striking this dust eventually turns it around and "blows" it into the tailward hemisphere.
Courtesy of H.A. Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), HST Comet Hyakutake Observing Team, NASA, and NSSDC.
Dear Grandma and Uncle Jim,
Thank you for the presents.
From Lilly
Comet Hyakutake
These images of Comet Hyakutake focus on a very small region near the heart of the comet -- the icy, solid nucleus. The icy regions of the nucleus are activated as they rotate into sunlight, ejecting large amounts of dust in the jets that are faintly visible here. Sunlight striking this dust eventually turns it around and "blows" it into the tailward hemisphere.
Courtesy of H.A. Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), HST Comet Hyakutake Observing Team, NASA, and NSSDC.
Dear Grandma and Uncle Jim,
Thank you for the presents.
From Lilly
Monday, February 4, 2008
Mars X3
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Three Views of Mars
These images show the planet on the last day of Martian spring in the northern hemisphere (just before the summer solstice). Mars has rotated about 90 degrees between each successive image, enabling us to see most of the Martian surface.
Courtesy of David Crisp and the WFPC2 Science Team (JPL/Caltech), NASA and NSSDC.
Dear Jay and Deb,
Thank you for the presents.
From Lilly
Three Views of Mars
These images show the planet on the last day of Martian spring in the northern hemisphere (just before the summer solstice). Mars has rotated about 90 degrees between each successive image, enabling us to see most of the Martian surface.
Courtesy of David Crisp and the WFPC2 Science Team (JPL/Caltech), NASA and NSSDC.
Dear Jay and Deb,
Thank you for the presents.
From Lilly
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Put in a Larger Envelope
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China, mid-17th/early 18th century
Detail from the Jiasha (Mantle) for a Buddhist Monk.
Silk and metal threads, slit tapestry weave, 134.9 x 267.3 cm (53 1/8 x 195 1/4 in.).
Gift of Alice Getty, 1932.538
The Art Institute of Chicago
Dear Jim,
This card will have to do in lieu of a letter for now. Enclosed are materials relating to the visit of the Presiding Bishop to St. Nicholas earlier today. Lilly & I attended, & the place was as crowded as I've ever seen it.
Dees
China, mid-17th/early 18th century
Detail from the Jiasha (Mantle) for a Buddhist Monk.
Silk and metal threads, slit tapestry weave, 134.9 x 267.3 cm (53 1/8 x 195 1/4 in.).
Gift of Alice Getty, 1932.538
The Art Institute of Chicago
Dear Jim,
This card will have to do in lieu of a letter for now. Enclosed are materials relating to the visit of the Presiding Bishop to St. Nicholas earlier today. Lilly & I attended, & the place was as crowded as I've ever seen it.
Dees
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Recycle, Reuse, Make Do
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Honey Nut O's
No Preservatives
No Artificial Ingredients
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Just another day here at the snow-bound postcard factory. As you can see, I made my own -- no preservatives & no artificial ingredients & a small carbon footprint.
Dees
Honey Nut O's
No Preservatives
No Artificial Ingredients
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Just another day here at the snow-bound postcard factory. As you can see, I made my own -- no preservatives & no artificial ingredients & a small carbon footprint.
Dees
Friday, February 1, 2008
See the Teepee Before You Die
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Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
According to legend, during a great battle between the Blackfoot and the Cree, the Cree fought valiantly until their medicine man deserted them, losing his headdress in midstream as he fled to the opposite shore. Thinking this was a bad omen, the Cree put down their weapons and were massacred. This tragic site was called "SAAMIS," a native word meaning "medicine man's hat."
KolorKard, 2030-21 Ave. S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2T ON7 PH/FAX: (403) 245-0704
Photo © Lloyd Eriksson
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Put Medicine Hat on your bucket list. Go ahead, I dare you. World's tallest teepee -- what else do you need?
Dees
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
According to legend, during a great battle between the Blackfoot and the Cree, the Cree fought valiantly until their medicine man deserted them, losing his headdress in midstream as he fled to the opposite shore. Thinking this was a bad omen, the Cree put down their weapons and were massacred. This tragic site was called "SAAMIS," a native word meaning "medicine man's hat."
KolorKard, 2030-21 Ave. S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2T ON7 PH/FAX: (403) 245-0704
Photo © Lloyd Eriksson
Dear Geof & Nancy,
Put Medicine Hat on your bucket list. Go ahead, I dare you. World's tallest teepee -- what else do you need?
Dees
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