A Steam Engine and Steel Separator for $880!

Here's a postcard I recently scanned, found in Mom and Dad's stuff. 

According to Gemini--so who knows if this information is correct or not--these postcards were handed out at agriculture trade fairs between 1908 to 1910, making this specimen over a century old. Crazy. I find it quite beautiful in its way; maybe I'll have it framed. 

 

Putting My Stamp on Stamps

 

Amazomg

Sylvia thinks I order too much stuff from Amazon. I usually counter by saying it looks like more than it is, since Amazon consistently splits up my orders into multiple deliveries. Unfortunately I drove Sylvia home today, so there was no hiding the evidence when we arrived home to find this...

LATE BREAKING UPDATE! My Amazon shipment included my friend Leslie's new book, The Complete Canadian Book Editor! I can't wait to delve into this; I know it'll be a great tool for real and aspiring editors. 

Community Boxing Day KO

Beneath the browning turf lurks the snaking coax
Snipped in twain, all signals lost
Screens crash to blue; Mike fumes
Netflix, PVR, YouTube, Amazon -
All entertainment lost
As Canada Postmen cement over the fragile connection
Dooming Mike to analog pastimes
But the mail must go through
Community Boxing Day delivers a knockout punch