Palo Alto, circa 1910.

My home town — Palo Alto — was filled with oak trees back in 1910.

My mother’s helped edit a history of Palo Alto, published by the Palo Alto Historical Association (PAHA).  (See above).

PALO ALTO REMEMBERED:  STORIES FROM A CITY’S PAST.  By Matt Bowling.

(Available now — www.paloaltohistory.com/books.php)

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She sent a ‘thank you’ for Valentine’s flowers on postcards the Historical Association just published…which I really liked.

I can just imagine the founding fathers strolling under the trees, pursuing intellectual conversations, on a sun-dappled autumn afternoon.

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Post cards transport you to where the sender is… or wants to be.

They’re small, (sound) bite-size and great for correspondence.

If you don’t want to write much — you don’t have to.

A few lines get the message across.

I always say — anything that you like writing on is fair game.

Just as long as you DO it!