Dear Heloise: I have always travelled extensively and have a shoebox full of postcards that I have collected but never sent. I send them now to friends and relatives in assisted living facilities and also to my grandchildren. Both groups love getting mail.
I even buy old postcards at thrift and antique shops, and the Friends of the Library bookshop has packets and really nice postcards for $1. This really brightens the seniors’ days and lets the kids know I am thinking about them.
Yes, the post office still sells postcard stamps, which I buy by the roll! I read your column in the Free Lance-Star. — Chris, in Fredericksburg, Virginia…