Beginning a second career later in life means playing catch-up. And that’s what I’ve been doing since The Female Assumption came out in 2014. Followed by A Hero on Mount St. Helens in May 2019, then Manteno: Images of America in Feb. 2020, and The Secret Life of Postcards in April 2021. Each book has brought varying degrees of fulfillment, and is important in its own way.

This new book examines my grandmother’s vintage postcard collection (1906-1930s). At the height of their popularity, postcards cost half of what a regular letter cost. That was 1 cent for a postcard; 2 cents for a letter. Why would a penny matter? Let me spell it out….(PLEASE CLICK ON TITLE OF BLOG POST TO READ THE REST)