<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845089383286349785</id><updated>2012-01-16T21:48:51.678-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wish You Were Here</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://postcardswap.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2845089383286349785/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://postcardswap.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Angela Renee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11768802210267067847</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oNM3QgYC5ic/TtjeTjwWOOI/AAAAAAAAB8w/ozAjuHfEzRU/s220/imagesCABK0EKI.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845089383286349785.post-3384281841135271949</id><published>2012-01-01T19:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T19:45:05.667-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Postcard Swap</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-srkzdkYjdIk/TwEoPW5DLxI/AAAAAAAACMU/xEZ5LaXe9Rg/s1600/imagesCAL61UYR-1-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 171px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-srkzdkYjdIk/TwEoPW5DLxI/AAAAAAAACMU/xEZ5LaXe9Rg/s400/imagesCAL61UYR-1-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692875648281030418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a child, I was an avid collector of postcards. I would collect them from everywhere I went; the zoo, museums, holidays, family members and friends who were traveling, vintage postcards I found in the antique shops. I didn’t matter where they came from all I cared about was wanting to see the postage stamps, the imagine on the front of the card and, the small bit of writing on the back. I was transfixed. And I must say that as I grew up, my love for postcards still holds true and  I have several albums filled with an array of cards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, we live in a digital age where the art of sending postcards have become almost extinct. Many say that it’s easier to send and email or text and I must admit I often do that as well, but for me it seems a bit impersonal. An email or text can be composed, sent, and received in the blink of an eye, but sending a postcard takes time, not that much time mind you, but there is a process involved. First you have to select the card, then you have to compose a little message, write down the address, place a stamp upon it and send it off to it’s destination where the receiver happily awaits its arrival. There is something classical about sending and receiving one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not only is it a personalized note a postcard is a piece of art and I hope that you join us in this postcard swap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rules are simple:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Fill out the form below.&lt;br /&gt;2. Once you receive your swap partners, you have 2 weeks to send out the cards.&lt;br /&gt;3. Make you write something on the back of the card, it doesn’t have to be long but it’s always nice read something on the back of a postcard.&lt;br /&gt;4. You can choose between three shipping options: US Only, Worldwide, or both. &lt;br /&gt;5. 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