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How to write a postcard

Here’s a photo of a spinner rack of postcards in Berlin, taken by Shawndra and Simon. I think I like picking out postcards more than I like writing them! I have a bad habit of buying postcards and then forgetting to mail them. If you’re interested in writing a postcard through PostCrossing, you might want [...]

Postcrossing: Trade postcards across the world

Postcrossing is a free system for helping strangers exchange postcards. You register with the site. Then you request an address to send a postcard to. The site gives you an address and an ID number. You write and mail the postcard, with the ID on it. The person who receives the card enters your ID [...]

Good Words: Authentic

Authentic (adj.): Most dictionaries will tell you that this word basically means “real, not copied; true.” Examples of this usage include “an authentic Van Gogh painting” and “an authentic account of the war, written by a survivor.” English teachers sometimes use the word to mean that something was created in English, by English speakers, for [...]

Introducing “Good Words”

I’m back! I graduated last Saturday with my master’s degree in English (TESOL). Things have been very busy since then, so I haven’t been able to post. I’m starting a new feature here, which will be called “Good Words.” These are words that I think are fun, useful, or special to English. I hope you [...]

What do other people think about your hometown?

I enjoy reading travel guides, newspaper articles, and blogs about places I would like to visit and places I have visited or lived in myself. I like reading other people’s points of view about where I live. Sometimes they mention things that I didn’t notice. Other times I totally disagree with them. Sometimes I disagree [...]