Valentine Mark Herman

Dearest Valentine, so glad you are at home with your hairy friends and your fresh box of mail! I should let you know I adore my TP and wrapping paper and the lovely stamp that brought them here! You are dreamy!

Yes, I am the sender of the "tube", I am certainly hoping it has met with you in it's proper form, was there no legible reference to my moniker? So sad!

Then let me take this opportunity to say here...."... a splendid old tube from Fred's garage that he abandoned the day I went to take care of him. Well....he died and left me there with his things. I found the tube in the garage with it's special label and an awful smell that led me to believe that, Fred, he had meddled with chemistry! After a bit of cleaning I began to think; I like Val so well with his hat, I think it should go to him."

More of Fred's things found their way to me, a rolled up, safely kept ,sheet of paper, many sheets of paper, bound with ribbon. An odd paper almost like waxy, or true parchment. It must be special as it was at the very back of his bedroom filing cabinet along with a small book titled "The Specialist".Which I decided to turn into an address book. But I used the paper for the monarch.

Then, subject to the idea of monarchy, that which is foreign to me, I put my objects together, which required an ale. So the birth of the tube;

What is a monarch? A butterfly.

What supports a monarch? A podium.

Well what in the world does a monarch support? "THE QUEEN'S KNEECAPS", or they should anyway.

All this stuffed and stacked in order of monarchy into a little tube.

It was much fun and thank you for the inspiration!

Yours,

Kitty

Phew, I had to spit that out fast.....okay slow directions: here is a picture of one side removed. Cut through only the tape and it will slide apart.Let me know how the event went!

I am so glad I am still getting entertainment from the "tube", perhaps you will find the best part about it has been this excitement over opening it!

Wait, I don't see my message. Je repète, would it make any sense to arrange the order of participants according to the country they live in?

I like the idea of you starting the first piece of the art conversation.

cheryl h.

Me Too! Thanks for the adventure!!

Until next time,

Kitty

Numbers??? I don't get that. Some ideas: the meaning of life according to one's self; a retrospective about toilet paper from different countries  from a cultural/anthropological viewpoint;  spreading of global goodwill; inventing a progressive tale with or without words; or do we want it to be a lighter topic?cheryl h.

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And it is a HUGE sculpture...beautiful.

From afar, it has a wing-span like a windmill up on a hill perhaps?

Connect the dots between the Johns and Burbank/NYC...

I met John Evans in 1987 at a gathering Lon Speiglman hosted here in Los Angeles.

We continue to get together whenever I go to New York and he to LA.

Our next visit June 13 - 18 in NYC.

The fake collage project started in 2006 and oh boy is he amused.

Thank you, Val, for the image of the Angel of the North. I did look it up, but i could not scan an image of it to our Postal discussion. From far away it must look like a cross? a windmill with only two arms? It is HUGE!Delete Comment

I have one project drying (your requested orange and purple) piece.

Next up: Hepburn themed mailing!

Sincerely,

Baked Beans on Toast No Butter

See? I knew you'd get restive.

Just be patient. It's been a helluva month--lots of company, one major holiday, tons of yard and household work......well try (at least try), Your Royal Single Sockedness.

Are you in the running to try to become the latest version of Shoeless Joe Jackson?????

Chewy Brown Rice Bars With Bilberry Jam and Almond Butter

the trademark is for humor purposes only ;-D

be my friend

sure thing!

i'm starting french next week!

i know bonjour.

not much else! haha!

i'll send something soon.

i look forward to the letter!

i'd love to learn franglais, but i hear the teacher is a bit of a ...

traditionalist? ;-D

see you in the post!!!

Hi Val, received your contribution today. Is it permissible for me to add a little thing which will relate your piece and my piece?

cheryl h.

You've been Crocked...er, I mean blogged! Love this card! (and stamps)

par val:

Hi silly sandwich:

Your most recent postcard to our possum mailbox is now on display in the blog area of my page.

I can almost decipher the French wording on your cleverly disguised bit of ephemera. I think I like this one more than most of yours, in that it has that mappishness I so crave.

Thank you so much again for keeping your work fresh, lively, fun to receive, and cleverly derived out of your imagination.

Yrs respectfully

Lemonade and Vitamin Pills

Dear Lost Sock Prince,

There is a tribe of Sock Monsters living in and around Westminster. They want your identity for some reason. What may I tell them of your whereabouts?

Yrs respectfully

The Queen of Mad Hats

Dear Croque,

Thanks for the add!

You've inspired me:

IF 'The pen is truly mightier than the sword' (Jack Nicholson, Batman: 1989)

THEN 'The envelope is wicked-superior to a bodybag' (ELT Malkinskin, IUOMA: May 20, 2011)

I'm going to tweet that ubiquitously.

He will no doubt first be clouted a hard one across the kisser by her very irate prince! LOL Noblesse Obliges and all that.

Of course, anyone kissing anybody other within the walls of Westminster or its bounds would be liable to at least receive the handy show of disregard. I mean, grooms hardly ever kiss brides at the altar there, so I'm told. Is it some less than warm or fuzzy British tradition stretching to Victoria's time? Just curious.

Water, Aspirin, and a Good But Dull Rest

Tut!

Watch that naughty self! 

HRH Prince of Lost Socks is glowering.

And whacking things in preparation.

HRH Princess of Lost Socks

The glowering did deepen.

Don't say we did not warn your humus-sy self.

Behave thyself knave!

Grumbly husband says ,"Hello, and how would you like your liver cooked to serve?"

Have a fun time up in your ol' town!

You've graduated to real solids for a change, I see.

What exactly is a "cow turd" in English terms, anyway?

Could this be another (certainly less appealing) way of describing Devonshire Double Cream, by any chance?

Curious.

Bon Voyage!

Tell us all about it when you com eback!

rose

M. Croque,

As you can tell by now.....Strelnikov sends out quite random stuff.   Basically, Strelnikov likes to drink (excessively) :)  and then post stuff to people.  

The booze keeps the old Army demons at bay!

Cheers.

Before you're off and rolling tomorrow, you might wish to check that Poste box of yours for the mail I sent you. How long does it take for regular mail to travel to you from our neck of the woods globally?

Just thought I'd ask.

Mountain Valley Spring Water with Vitamin Supplements

Merci pour l'envoi, déjà publié sur le site:

http://greatwar2014.blogspot.com/2011/05/valentine-mark-herman.html

Tostie met ham en kaas is eigenlijk iets typisch Hollands, het zijn niet alleen de eetgewoonten die het verschil maken tussen Vlaanderen en Nederland ;-)

thanks, Val. I'm in Manhattan to celebrate with bob. Visited MOMA yesterday. More about that later...Enjoyed the Latham tale....was he the same Latham that wrote a book about Jargon?

On the "plain"?????

Spooneristically, that's a new one.

The "H", in this case, might well be silent.

Or, it make be related to another word of a different sort, and not silent. 

Let me just say I refuse to comment unless properly bribed.

'Nuff said.

here is an invitation to pARTicipate in the SECREt eXCHANGE exhibitions...pass the invitation on to your friends, and let me know on my page if you will or won't be able to contribute; go to IUoMA Events...or click on the link http://secretexchange.yolasite.com/   thx, Terry Reid, and hope to hear from you

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(in facebook it is at :https://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000748977585 )

Sending you something in tomorrow's mail - hope it's waiting for you when you get back from Maastricht!  

Carla

Thank you for the awesome postcard!

As for choosing poison, I'm partial to a nice pint of Boddington's ale or some Red Breast irish whiskey.

Hoi Val, thanks for your postcard. Have a great time in Maastricht and see you in the mail.

Groet Imelda

idon't drink but i love your swedish mooses!

thanks for the great free art!!!

http://free-art-foundation.blogspot.com/2011/05/free-art-three-art-...

got to look one last time before sealing them up for free art expo!

they make me laugh, especially the swedish one!!! ;-D