Trying to think of a subject for this post was a little difficult. As you’ll read later, almost all of the cards I send now have some message of “peace” or international harmony, or some message similar to these.
Now I purchase cards, and we send out about 80 or so. I look for cards that say “Peace”, or have a holiday message in various languages, or that show international flags, country costumes, or other international symbols. I still write notes in most of the cards. This is the time I write notes to many friends that we don’t see regularly but like to know how they are doing.
We have sent cards every year since 1964. In the 1970s I made cards by hand painting on felt. Later Walt and I silk screened the cards, on paper, with a different design each year. I learned how to actually make the screen. The cards were laid out on the kitchen floor to dry, since we usually made about 150. Even then on each card I would write a personal note, except for the cards sent to work associates that we saw regularly.
