Valentine Mark Herman

Val,

I had no idea about the House of Orange and enjoyed seeing your collage very much.  Oranjie is the snazziest "ride" I have ever seen!  So fabulous!

Have a great day,

Christine

So sorry! I haven't posted the photos yet. No Time! today I managed to post my blog with all the artwork that was sitting there for ages. May get down to it later.

Hi Val...the answer to Northfield's population is 20,000...

it is a very quaint and historic little town...The veterinary for the foster pooches is there, so I picked up the flier for you from their office...

xxoo Amy

Hi,

I just got an envelope FULL of very cool fauxstage. Was that from you? Handwriting looks like  yours, but it looks like it came from Switzerland...

Kris

What do you mean, Who is Frida? It's Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter. She's dead though, so she won't be coming to your party.

The Polo project is YOUR idea, so you should start the group, Val. Why did you want me to start it, no comprende...? ?

Glad you liked my gallery portrait of you, oh wait, maybe you didn't like it? It wasn't that fattening!!

Val, 6.27GMT and 217 has arrived. Sheep had made it on to the mailart 365 website yesterday (Thursday) but had forgotten her appointment on iuoma. She's so sorry and hopes that your  day will now proceed happily :>)

Val,

I just received your wonderful envelope filled with mail art materials.  I can not wait to find mail art use for the plastic fork!  My boyfriend Mike who owns a record store recognized several of the jazz heads on the concert advertisement.  Did you go to the show?  I picture you and Oranje whipping around town in nice October weather.  Actually, come to think of it, is it Autumn in France?

Talk Soon,

Christine

The Beatles!!!  I will make a note to send you some rock-n-roll mail art in the future.  Have a lovely time at the beach.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read my little zine. I have fun writing them even though writing about roadtrips is so cliched. Oh well, if punk rock taught me one thing it was "just to it." Actually, that was Nike but I think the same thing applies in this case.

Not sure where I'm going next year. I think me and the girlfriend are going to hit up some place tropical, which is kind of strange for us since we like cities and what not. I will for sure send you whatever I make next year.

I'm also working on making a very large zine compiling some of my favorite moments from my ten years of blog entries. This one's going to take a while, but I think I'm going to do it. As always, I'll send you this as soon as I finish it, or even start it.

Thanks again.

Hi Val...received your packet of goodies...what fun...love the "mini cards" and the "mini fork"; thank you so much *!*

Mark, I just went back over your comments about my father in Vegas...didn't realize the gravity of the situation. Hopefully you excuse my American pigheaded xenophobia on the 4th of July?

Good Morning

We are looking just for Envelope art. They will not be opened. the link is our site which we created
to showcase the arriving envelopes. Also Lake Worth Centennial will link to it. and the blog
Lake Worth 100 Mail ART
lakeworthcentennial.wordpress.com/
www.lakewortheverymin.com periodically writes about arrivals and events regarding the mail art exhibition.
also LULA the arts arm of Lake Worth will also post and link. It is Lake Worths Centennial Year
envelopes should be embellished both sides and sent to:
Lake Worth 100
7 n Dixie Highway
Lake Worth Fl. 33460
Thank you for letting me know. Should you need further contact 561 921 1962 is my number
AnnaMaria Windisch-Hunt

Hi Val I received your package it was last week the internet connection is playing up so couldn't reply earlier. I thought you were send me something you made. The mini tags and forks non - English is useful from current project. They are useful for this discovery I'm doing, not actually sure what it is something to do fluxus, spiral energy. Thanks. I'm being bit more productive on mailart side.

Bonsoir Val! Luckily the existence precedes the petrolmaking companies although  sometimes they try to tell us something else. I would gladly be sponsored by Renault and deny any kind of impact on my art while driving around under (inside) my berets. The no ice cream sign were placed on the pathwalk into a prehistoric grave here in Sweden. I thought it was funny we are not able to bring the goodies into the "heavenly kingdom". And somewhat disappointed too. What kind of weired icecream incidents have  there been in the past years!!?

Have a nice evening!

Niklas

Such a tiny, friendly, travelling red bag. Love it. It seems to be friendly with the Sigean monsters ;)

Happy birthday, Val! I hope that you enjoy your special day ... pARTy!

Happy Happy Val! Best wishes for a wondrous day!

Happy birthday Val!!

I hope you have a good one, my friend.

Happy Birthday, my dear Valentine...

but then again, you got the up-close-and-personal greetings

last night at the PARTY! xxx K

OH Katerina, we'll have to see the photos of that!

Thank you Val :D

Glad that you received it. If you ever come through North Carolina I'll have to take you to get some good hush puppies. Not sure if the article said, but they're best dipped into butter. And some people wonder why Americans are so fat?

It sounds like you're having a lovely time in France. Enjoy the good company. I will be meeting a fellow mail artist in a couple of days...more than excited. I've already written 2000 words just about the back and forth. I'll post the encounter later on.

Looks like your birthday was extra fun with Katerina around!!! So glad it was a good one and happy to hear my card made it on the day.  Doing pretty good so far, out of 5 cards three landed at their destinations on the actual day, glad yours was one.  Now...what to do about the disappearing red bag pic from the Top 5....hmmmm....what to do, what to do?!? Hope you're well! xoxo

Hi Val...looks like I missed the PARTY! So sorry, I have not been on the computer except for scanning....HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!

I hear the cake was goooood! :-) and that you had good company to share your day with.

Good to hear the card arrived; those stories always gives me the chills!

As to my travel schedule; I've been grounded........

Arrived on the day? That's amazing, I thought it'd be late late late. Take it easy tonight at the Primeur, sounds like something I'd drive 8 hours to attend, but not fly for 30. Is flat me going? I'm starting to think, are there 2 of me? In Sigean and Paris? Try to remember something from tonight so you can tell me about it.

Hello Val,

No this is not coming from me. I never mail anonymously and also I am NOT a member of a fanclub. I aprreciate RJ, without any doubt, I have a piece by him in my archives but would never call myself a fan. I leave that juvenile boys and girls who wet themselves while seeing The Beatles for instance and like RJ I like the Beatles.

G

You solved a puzzle for me, Moan Lisa send me art work and I wanted to send something back and I cannot find her page. Do you have her address? Please send it to me.

Val, still no blue bookie in Sigean? I will contact Europol.

How weird! But nice to hear that the bookie has arrived.

Hello there, old friend! Sorry I've been away so long.  I have finally settled down after moving to Nashville, Tennessee, and I am ready to get back in to art-production.  Just wanted to send you an eHug!

Uuuuh, football legends? It was about 'don't panic, sea monster'. Whatever did you receive?

Hello there! Posted some pictures of the bookie I made for you. With picture of Liz and Phillip included. Is that what you received? I still don't get it... what did go wrong?

La foto con la statua di base , mi sembra d'averla scattata a Roma , le elaborazioni con un programma che si chiama Picasa ... un abbraccio , bruno

-Ou est Janine?

Nik

Got your new work in the mail today, thanks. I especially like the Sonic Youth Dirty sticker...how did you know that's my favorite record? In the past year I've seen both Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo.

Thanks, Val, it is good to be back...and in sunny Greece. We had ALL the weather you could imagine in France, even a horrid Mistral in Avignon! But it was also a fantastic trip and I collected many, many mail art omens along the way :-) I miss beautiful Sigean!

Sorry about that, Lee Renaldo and Thurston Moore are the two guitarists from Sonic Youth. Ain't nothing wrong with Mr. Eddy! Going home soon, and just making a whole bunch of stuff.

I could definately see that being a Dean piece-found on the streets of Paris and glued down with his industrial glue. I'm glad I have not received one of these. I like your quotes--they should be bumper stickers. The dowry expectations have gone down considerably. You have held out so long and they see this as a negotiation tactic. They are only expecting paper products at the moment. No livestock is neccessary. Yuki is getting a bit long in the tooth and they fear she is becoming a spinster (she is 27) and do not want her to end up labeled a 'parasite single'. Please send sturdy paper plates soon! (and yes, that art was God awful. all that was lacking was glitter. I have none.)

Yuki is the fourth from the left in the top row. They hope to have her married and in the u.s. by the New Year. Yuki does not like shopping, as she makes all her own clothes,so you're safe there. She WILL insist on making all of YOUR clothes as well and it is a huge insult if you refuse.

Truthfully, I'm not much of a shopper either, and I don't think that woman would make great company! I think the animal was some kind of weasel - maybe a black-footed ferret?

Those ancient Chinese proverbs really were ahead of their time, weren't they?! I have not had the pleasure of making Mail Art Martha's acquaintance, I'll look her up.

That's it!! I've cracked the code==will be betting on 17 RED in roulette   wish me luck if I win big I'll give you some to buy Yuki a nice ring!!

Oh you rotten greedy Val! I would have loved an Easter Egg...

I like your take on bricolage but I did a take instead on post modernism, structuralism and other isms which are very easy to mock. I think I should find a way to put it up on my page. So everybody will know I really am off my trolley.

ArenA is the youth hostel, isn't it? The stadion might sue me for their very original (not) idea. In december there is an exhibition in the AmsterdamMuseum about people having met number 14. As he is 65 this year. Maybe Suus in Mokum will visit ;))

It only starts on december 7, so you have time to plan ;)

http://hart.amsterdammuseum.nl/47994/nl/johan-amp-ik

I once received a piece of the Elgin Shroud from Der Velo Sloan, but it came with some complications:

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/investigativr-mail-mai...

And the sad part is that in the end, I had to get rid of it;

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2496677%3ABlogP...

I don't want to be part of this, Val, stop it.  

Hi Val! No it's not my cat... It's an altered postard... Thanks for your very kind comments for the Doodles!

I like you and your mail :)

Please stop, Val.  Enough!  It's gotten creepy.  No more....Please!