November 2 seemed to be this year’s opening day for the annual catalog mailing deluge — 15 different catalogs arrived at the FD post office box. Several were duplicates of what FD received at home, and few if any will get any business from FD. This year, especially, when so much is on sale in local shops, catalog shopping doesn’t seem to be the way to go. And yet, there’s no doubt the catalogs will keep coming. FD recycles them and sometimes even makes an envelope or two from interesting pages. And, we don’t really mind getting the catalogs, since they help to support the post office and FD LOVES the US Postal Service! There are many complaints about the postal service, but FD has not experienced major problems, and is still captivated by the idea of a single stamp taking postcards and letters anywhere in the country. And FD uses the US Postal Service on-line postage calculator often.
Not that we’ve been that thrilled with stamp choices lately. But we did buy several sheets of the Kelp Forest stamps, and Mr. FD likes the new secular holiday stamps (yes, we’re part of the “holiday,” not “Christmas” group).