HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

My best wishes to all for a happy and healthy 2011!!

Now on to some items that I have come across in my wanderings of the net;

The U.S. Post Office had found a way to make my heart (and many others) happy in 2011 by making the one ounce first class stamp a Forever Stamp. Which means you can stock up now and save as they hope to raise the current .44 a few pennies some time in 2011. The new Forever Stamps will eliminate the need to run out and get one or two cent stamps when future increases happen. Thank you U.S. Postal Service for coming up with such a great idea that will save so many of us both time and money!!!! If you would like to see all of the 2011 stamps click here.

Another thing I enjoy is Powell's books in Portland OR. I have not had the pleasure of visiting Powell's in person but I have found that being an on-line customer is a very nice experience. I have also found that Powell's post some good articles on their website. Here is one about a Portland neighborhood that is adding some food for thought for areas walkers.

This next bit of fun I found is a blog of a person who describes him/herself as a 'Mysterious Postcard Collector'. MPC is asking the world to send him/her One Million postcards. Interested? Want to see the kinds of postcards MPC has already received? Check it out here. And in case you were wondering, I do plan to send a postcard...still have not decided just what it will be yet. Will it be one of the beautiful art postcards I have gotten in museum gift shops or one I make myself? Such a fun thing to mull over!! I wonder what a million postcards all in one place look like?

Happy New Year!!!
Liz