Thom Courcelle's Blog – February 2024 Archive (7)

First Exchange with IUOMA Member and Friend Robert Gregory

Robert hails from Kirkland, Washington—just a bridge drive across Lake Washington from where I used to live in Seattle. I'm always happy to correspond with folks from my former Pacific Northwest home, to hear news from the old "neighborhood."

You can compare Robert's "sent" envelope here [link] ...with the envelope that I received at my home in Vermont after its long…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on February 10, 2024 at 10:33pm — No Comments

Adam Roussopoulos Scores Again with Winning Artistampery

In a rubber stamped envelope, which also, somehow, never fails to entertain...

One of the more creative of Adam's artistamp sheets is based on lyrics from Simon and Garfunkel...…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on February 10, 2024 at 10:09pm — 2 Comments

The Gift...from Awyn

A beautiful painted scene...

The essence of gratitude...the perfect prayer for any occasion.…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on February 10, 2024 at 9:46pm — 1 Comment

Carien van Hest Must be Working for the Tourism Bureau in The Netherlands!

Carien created this LARGE hand-made envelope with an Amsterdam scene so vibrant one might just leap right into the picture! The paper is quite thick and glossy...perhaps a repurposed book jacket from a coffee table book...

I can imagine riding my bicycle across one of Amsterdam's bridges or lounging on one of the passenger barges as it floats through…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on February 10, 2024 at 9:38pm — 1 Comment

An Avalanche of Art Stuff from Non-Local Variable (Including Survey Results!)

Not one, but TWO envelopes of goodies arriving from Oregon... one of which included survey results from the Mail Art Continuum Project—something I had been anxious to hear about...

One…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on February 10, 2024 at 9:22pm — No Comments

My Ticket to MailArt Bliss—from Hélène LaGache

Hélène sent an envelope with artworks that struck a blissful chord near my heart...

Inside is a collage that looks nothing if not like a travelers ticket...with its partial map of Bordeaux (?) sitting beside a blue azure sea, and a new imaginary train track route that will take me on an exotic and scenic ride through mystical terrain not even…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on February 10, 2024 at 8:45pm — No Comments

An Apex of Picturesque Postal Card Pleasantries

MailArt postal cards arrived from (clockwise from top): David Stafford of New Mexico, USA; David Stanley Aponte of New Jersey, USA; Susan Gnaedinger of Illinois, USA; and Stripygoose of England...

Your correspondence and artwork is appreciated! Thanks to…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on February 9, 2024 at 5:22pm — 4 Comments

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