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National Postal Museum

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The U.S. Postal Service has been in the forefront of the 24-hour news cycle lately, or at least that's how things look from the non-stop-CNN-barrage that is my office kitchen.  While I think I can learn to live in a world where I have to wait until Monday for a package transported over the weekend, the prospect of canceling Saturday deliveries seems to have provoked a bit of a panic (will they or won't they?!?).  I don't propose to know the ultimate fate of mail delivery in the digital age, but a part of me that remains somewhat resistant to change understands the protectionist response.  Getting a letter or card -- that someone took the time to write, slip into an envelope and post -- tops an email any day.  I look forward to holiday cards from my mother (she even sends them for Halloween and Thanksgiving) and letters from friends who vehemently keep to the pen-to-paper correspondance.  I just received a card from my grandmother and it made my day.

For all of these reasons, I've been pestering Z to go with me to visit the National Postal Museum, and he finally relented.  Regular readers will already know that I love exploring quirky museums and monuments -- little depositories that zoom in on one industry, hobby, person or anything someone out there had enough interest in to create a space dedicated to its memory.  This one in particular, devoted to mail and the postal service, appeals to that little geek girl in me that watched with rapt curiosity as Mr. Rogers explained where crayons come from.

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