Its a clown theme for today's two cards.  Cheryl L. is a good friend who gives so much of herself to the children of Boston.  And she is the daughter of a very famous magician. (If I gave his name away you could easily figure out who she is, so I wont :))

Where has the summer gone?  Almost 8 weeks without sending any postcards puts me seriously behind schedule.  As I can't slow down the aging process I will have to increase the frequency of postcards in order to hit 100 by 50.

This souvenir of a great beach weekend on Martha's Vinyard with good friends Dave N. and Patricia L. was sent to Jeannie L.  Jeannie is an artist, actor, clown and source of inspiration and I am looking forward to volunteering in the hospitals with her again!

Brewster's Post Card

Эта открытка была послана моему старому товарищу Брюстеру Б.. Приветствую наша когда-либо устойчивая дружба!

7 down, 93 to go

This one went out to Howie Z.: Old friend, Father, Met's fan, Deadhead, successful Litigator & Partner, Godfather to my son E..  I miss him and will always remember those open face sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving.  Oh, and the postcard is a new one I picked up at Reins Deli in Connecticut.

This one goes to an old friend running a flour mill in Indiana!

Howard L. is an old buddy from the peace corps days in rural Senegal (where his shaved head and wispy beard had him known far and wide as the Toubab Marabout).  He has built a wonderful life as miller, health educator, father and husband in one of those no doubt wonderful places we on the coasts just know as fly-over states.  I hope he writes back to me when he gets this postcard.

We trained together for the pc in Norman, OK so this postcard seemed particularly appropriate.

Here is number 5

Sending 100 postcards is harder than I thought it would be.  Here is number 5.  It goes out to Jen S., teacher, naturalist, dancer and old friend who I wish lived next door to me so I could see her every day.

2 more postcards

Sent 2 more postcards before leaving for New Milford for a family party. Monsieur & Madam DeGaul went to BW, and the frenetic streetscape went to David S.  Oh, and I bought a new one at Rien's New York Deli (at exit 65 off I-84 in Connecticut, best Deli between NY and Boston)

Well, it's day 3 of the Postcard project and I've just sent my second card. Right on schedule so far.

This colorful postcard from the Dominican Republic was purchased in mid eighties when Chris and I were travelling there visiting Peace Corps volunteers, and was sent to my dear friend Mary R.

Artist, actress, Mom, crazy person and uber-networker. Mary's late brother John Benjamin R was one of my two best friends in High School. And Mary's husband Gideon is a talented designer, musician, photographer and Theramin enthusiast who I am lucky to work with at EMC. Hi Mary! Hi Gideon!

Here is my first postcard, a photo of Ponce Puerto Rico from 1904. I sent it to my Mom, Patricia G. She has a lifelong connection to Puerto Rico. Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

Welcome!

Welcome to my 100 by 50 project! I will formally kick off this project this coming Monday the 12th of May when I send my first post card. Why Monday? Well, the postage rate for domestic post cards goes up to .27 on Monday. Why 100 postcards? Well, The .27 stamps came in a roll of 100, and 100 is 50 times 2, and it just seems like a reasonable number of postcards to send.

Now 100 people is a bit less than the value typically assigned to Dunbar's Number. A commonly assigned value for Dunbar's number, (the number of people with whom one person can maintain stable social relationships) is 150. But that's a few more postcards than I wanted to send. And, with only 480 days to run this project (yes, 480 days till I turn 50), even at 100 cards I will have to write a postcard every 4-5 days. As follow-through and perseverance have never been particularly strong suits of mine, this is reasonably ambitious.

So congratulations on reaching my blog, and on receiving a post card. I welcome your comments, both on this website and, should you wish, in crisp blue or black ink on 4 x 6 postcard, stamped and placed in a mailbox!