Dean, Nancy, RcBz, Jude, Angie, Svenja and Katerina Please pull your chairs forward.

[David Stafford]

First of all, I am glad that you're not dead, Dean. There were other ways of putting that but that seemed the quickest and truest. The news from Paris has not been good and the repercussions, at the moment, seem to be expediting our path to dystopia. So welcome back, Dean to the tattered family of man and now after a brief sigh that covers the globe like a wet blanket may I offer you a Weetabix?

I believe you sent the Johnnie card from NYC? Boston? Wherever marathons are run?

Regarding my lookalike in Malta. I never told you this before but I am a Maltese Twin. Thank you, Dean.

I got this just yesterday....man, that's speed bloggin'. Congratulations Nancy, on moving past your creative block. Patti and I are having the slogan "Don't peck at one another" jointly tattooed on our foreheads. The back reminds me of Lenore Tawney's work. A stately zen poem. Thank you, Nancy.

RcBz of St. Clown, Minnesota, land of a hundred cheeses, sent me this witty collage ripped from yesterday's headlines. The theme is fungible enough to contain a hundred headlines actually. There's a bit of "king of hearts" in there somewhere. On the envelope: a rarely mentioned Biblical miracle: "The fish and the chile pepper. It ended badly. Thank you, RcBz. 

Out of the blue I received a Raven from Jude Weirmeir. On the back, a tiny snippet of what I now realize is a grand symphony. (See Rebecca's post below) Thank you, Jude.

Three ATCs from Angie which I told her I would write a story about. 

Muffin Boggs was the youngest telemarketer at CommCorp Messaging. Frequently she worked out of her house as her mom, an itinerant librarian, looked up words for customers. "It's not easy being a freelance librarian, Muffin. Better to learn a trade like telemarketing," her mom would oft-repeat. One day she sold a shitload of Buster Browns to an evil clown. The end.

Thank you, Angie. I have your package ready to go.

More great collage work from Svenja Wahl. The envelope is enhanced Renoir in compliance with the new Renoir Envelope restrictions. Thank you, Svenja.

Finally, the fall ensembles have arrived from Katerina of Thessaloniki. It's moody, it's somber, it hits the target demo like a… (1) Machine Gun, 2) Tsunami, 3) Water Balloon 4) Bank Statement. Please pick only one.

Thank you, Katerina and everyone.

[David Stafford]

Super Moon....yes, I'll have to work on that angle. 

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

The "Super Moon" card should have given us a "celestial" mood,

however with recent events, could those be machine gun holes in the outfit?

'Lovin' the Autumn setting for the Fashion Show :-)

Excellent blog, and some fantastic mail art you have! Thanks

[Dean aka Artist in Seine]

Happy they arrived and that the whole world gets to see your look a like.  I like your "other ways of putting that" and much better than a phone call at 4am (they never heard of time zones) wondering how the silverware was going to be shipped !

Thanks for the Blog, it made me smile.