This is a card that I received from Esri, a four-year-old girl from Culemborg in the Netherlands. She goes to school and can sign her own name, as you can see. She writes (with some help from Mom): “Do you know Dora the Explorer? I like her very much and I want to have shoes [...]
“Stanford Memorial Chapel — located on the Campus of Stanford University, is considered one of the most beautiful churches in America. The extensive use of art mosaics for mural decorations combine to make it a structure more than unique in character, worthy of visiting and well remembered. This church was built as a memorial by [...]
This is a marimba de tecomates (gourds) that is typical of the indigenous population of Guatemala. Similar to many marimbas in basic design (technically an arc marimba), it uses gourds as resonators. My grandmother’s cousin, John Hodinka (“Sonny”), sent this to Grandma from Guatemala, and my Aunt Brenda added it to her collection. I asked [...]
“One of Tulsa’s beautiful churches, located at 1115 South Boulder.” And it still is, although today they go by the name of First United Methodist Church. A Curt Teich card, number 2C-H1085, manufactured in 1952 and a bit yellowed with age.
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