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Well, I've succumbed to the lure of postcards, so.

I love to get postcards and I also love to send them, so the first five people to comment will get a postcard from me. On one condition though, if you comment you have to offer this in your own LJ. That way there'll be a whole load of postcards circling the world, and how cool is that?!

You're entirely welcome to put your name down if you have already done the postcards meme. Email me your address at pensnest@livejournal.com (or my other email address if you have it).

stuff

I wound my way through LJ and came upon an essay which I heartily recommend to you all: Greetings from Idiot America, which is presented in jblaque's journal, though it's by Charles Pierce. It's about... I suppose, it's about dumbification, about the way it's becoming increasingly unwelcome for people who actually *know* what they're talking about to be appreciated for their input. When everybody can have an opinion, having an informed opinion isn't necessary.

Anyway. It's quite a long read, but good stuff.

In other news, my Boy has had his hair cut, very stylishly. His eyes are now visible, his chinscraggle has been transformed into a neat, short beardlet, and he looks about four inches taller. As he was starting to resemble that hairy wossname from The Addams Family, this is a great relief.

I was tidying up (!!!) a little bit yesterday, and was inspired to unpack my china. Not the dinner service we had given to us when we got married ever so many years ago, but an even older set, bought by my parents in Hong Kong before I was born, and passed on to me in four large boxes at least a year ago by my Pa.

A small selection, in quite big pictures.

( It is beautiful! )