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Skipping Work for Woodstock, 1969

August 18, 2025August 18, 2025 Posted in bands, best, helpful strangers, historic, humor, live music, Long Island, nature, outdoors, pig, postal service, rain, relationships, small town, vacation, vintageLeave a comment

(re-run) In 1969 Max Yasgur’s pig farm in upstate New York sounded like the place to be for three days and three nights. Frank had been delivering the Woodstock tickets for weeks on Long Island at his job as a summer letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office. He and the other summer carriers knew… Continue reading Skipping Work for Woodstock, 1969

The Loss of Simple Courtesy

December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 Posted in address, courtesy, credit card, mail, mailbox, post office, postage stamp, postal serviceLeave a comment

If a person mails a box to the wrong address (I did) and the people at that address don’t return it to the post office or leave it out for the mailman, that is a shame. It’s also illegal, but the world doesn’t seem to care. I get mail in my mailbox from time to… Continue reading The Loss of Simple Courtesy

Peace Corps Fail

November 16, 2023November 15, 2023 Posted in dogs, memoir, Midwestern, Peace Corps, postal service, relationships, Spain, teaching, travel, VenezuelaLeave a comment

(re-run) It was in the spring of my first year of teaching when the call came. I was at Greenwood Elementary in Greenwood, Nebraska. I had applied to the Peace Corps the year before. They had just seen my application. They wanted to fly me to Chicago for an interview that weekend. They gave me… Continue reading Peace Corps Fail

Peace Corps Fail

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Posted in dogs, memoir, Midwestern, Peace Corps, postal service, relationships, Spain, teaching, travel, VenezuelaLeave a comment

Peace Corps Fail

August 22, 2021August 21, 2021 Posted in dogs, memoir, Midwestern, Peace Corps, postal service, relationships, Spain, teaching, travel, Venezuela1 Comment

Peace Corps Fail

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 Posted in dogs, memoir, Midwestern, Peace Corps, postal service, relationships, Spain, teaching, travel, Venezuela2 Comments

Peace Corps Fail

March 16, 2020March 15, 2020 Posted in dogs, memoir, Midwestern, Peace Corps, postal service, relationships, Spain, teaching, travel, VenezuelaLeave a comment

Woodstock or Work?

November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 Posted in bands, best, helpful strangers, historic, humor, live music, Long Island, nature, outdoors, pig, postal service, rain, relationships, small town, vacation, vintageLeave a comment

In 1969 Max Yasgur’s pig farm in upstate New York sounded like the place to be for three days and three nights. Frank had been delivering the Woodstock tickets for weeks on Long Island at his job as a summer letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office. He and the other summer carriers knew it… Continue reading Woodstock or Work?

Please, Ms. Postman

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Posted in best, civil service exam, firsts, gender roles, going postal, humor, memoir, Midwestern, Nebraska, postal service, relationships, roommate, worstLeave a comment

I was the only female in the place. Ninety-nine guys in their blue and gray uniforms watched me walk up to my case. I had on jeans, a summer top, and closed-toe shoes. It was going to be a hot one out there. It was 6:00 a.m. I’d gotten up at 4:45, eaten breakfast, thrown… Continue reading Please, Ms. Postman

Jeff Bezos Rules the World

May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 Posted in Amazon, best, books, business, California, humor, internet, memoir, Millennials, postal service, relationships, retail, shop owner, worst, writersLeave a comment

Macy’s, Sears, J. Crew, Radio Shack, J.C. Penney, Kmart, Payless Shoe Source, Toys R Us, closed or closing stores in 2018. Borders, Barnes and Noble, and indie bookstores everywhere are closing. Mom and Pop shops are no more. What Ebay and Etsy did to antique stores, Amazon is doing to all the rest of the… Continue reading Jeff Bezos Rules the World