The Thousands

I never get mail from anyone anymore. I mean REAL mail. You know, the good stuff via the post. It’s a darn shame really. There’s just nothing like the precious touch of a tangible communication from a real-world friend/foe/faux-friend. The emptiness within which this lacking in incoming post has created in me has led me to ‘surf’ the always magical internets for the answer to my woes. And by golly, did I find one!

Postcrossing is a lovely little online project that, after joining, hooks you up with others worldwide to send and receive postcards. Much like those penpals you wrote to once in primary school, except en masse and completely at random. Some people ask for specific types of postcards, whilst most are just happy to have people to talk to – like me.

Giving out your home address to complete strangers on the internet for small bits of card might sound a little bit iffy (because it is), it’s really worth the trouble. So long as you’re careful to not end up in someone’s basement somewhere, surviving by eating the very postcards that you were lured there with, you should be sweet.