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I sent out this little boekie to 4 folks who'd joined the Oregonians group: Terry Ownby, Maryann Battaglia, Finley Union, and Pairie Kittin, who is an Oregonian Emeritus because she's moved across the river to Vancouver, Wa. I love the things everyone did to it!…

"If Ray’s collages were like windows, they were like windows in the sense of openings which permitted contingencies to surface in walls of unresponsive and objective indifference. In order for him to preserve indeterminate immediacies, he improvised upon whatever happened to pop through a door or to appear in a window.…

Here comes a "fishy" envelope...all real Australian postage,

Sea Mail, but with stamps from the Netherlands:…

Alzira Ballestero, Liliana Menegali, Renata Ghirolto & Zelinda Jordao

New blog here -> snailmailsuus.blogspot.com

More than a feeling, a statement of "You tell Us".  Such a versatile Mail Artist.  Always a wonderful surprise from Toni.  I'm a fan and inspired.

Thank you Toni

I think this might be my first mail art piece received from Mike Dyar of San Francisco. Anyway, it was a little bit startling and wondrous to receive in my post box. It's very minimalist—a testament to what one can do with a simple shingle of corrugated cardboard—and yet...sort of holds significance for me.

That little blue…

I love how this wonderful book by Frieder arrived in a very modest envelope. The surprise was all the greater when I found what was inside: an accordion-style book with hard covers, size:13 x 16cm, monoprinting, drawings and poems (written on a typewriter). Love it!…

Super cool self-made envelope arrived from Carina Granlund in Finland, filled with cute and humorous fare. She included two newspaper comic strips from a Scandinavian newspaper. They appear to be annotated with dates (1956 and 1957) so perhaps they are clippings from a more classic era of cartooning!…

This "anonymous" postcard arrived providing me with much delight. By the style and humor I'ma gonna say this is a David Stafford creation. Unfortunately, it looks like the postal machinery has once again altered a piece of mail art from the artist's original intention...whatever chaise or tuffet or…

 From his "Cabinet of Curiosities"...…

It has been some time, but here is BEAT ART!

the catalog cover is a Brain Cell from Ryosuke,

and here are a…

Fluxing in Chicago.  Jokie had them scratching their heads in wonder.  And you can get any more Flux than that.

Thanks for the postacard Jokie and happy travels.

On the last count I have had messages that 121 of the 365 birds have arrived safely. Check them out here:  bird arrivals blog

A new 365 has started on this shared blog: the chicken series

1/365.3 stripy…