Postcard travels (II)

{All were in attendance, postcard collage.}

March 18, 1904

Dear you,

My talents here in California, in Monterey Country, have not gone unnoticed. Here they say the air is different and thus far I’d have to agree.

Given a generous and cordial reception by a pod of seal lions, they gather at dusk to hear me read aloud. Hospitable to a fault, we conclude our evenings feasting upon salted kippers washed down with seaweed-laced vodka drunk from conical shells.

Yours affectionately, with crumpled whiskers and sealed wirh a wet kiss,
X

{The second in an occasional series of imagined postcards to feature here. Using only postcards received from friends, the original postcard, pre collaged elements, was received from someone who loves books and collecting curiosities to put under bell jars. Falling now into Lines & Shapes, my copy has just this moment arrived by post. More soon, I may or may not be called up for jury service in the days prior to Good Friday.}

Comments

[shari]

fabulous. xox

[louise]

mmmm... salted kippers washed down with seaweed-laced vodka and drunk from a conical shell! Sounds fantastic.

[Kylie]

saw you and LJ in the weekend AGE, superstar!

hope you are spared jury service (unless you are keen, in which case, hope they pick you, lovely!)

have a lovely Easter break...

[sarah]

the victorian-curiosity-cabinet of your imagination is ever so inspiring. lovely.

[mansuetude]

lovely hearted!

if he is reading a spiritual work, as his posture suggests, the seas would empty out to hear his words. The feelings of his voice would quiver with love, truth, mercy... and ride under the waters and call as Love calls the heart. Call into the ears of all the great fishers... the listeners .

I love your interplay of ideas!

[julie]

These 'postcard travels' are so charming and so you! I can imagine a book of full of these. xxx

[cruststation]

wanderlust...my mind wanders :)

[andrea (scout)]

i always suspected that seals loved a good read-aloud... love this, gracia, and i agree that a book of postcard travels would be fantastic! a zine, perhaps? :) xoxo

[sue]

These are so enjoyable to read.