Neither snow nor rain . . .

I’m on a field trip today to a post office in Canyon, CA — research for my new Post Office series, which will be launched next summer.

I’ll be back next week with photos and a report. For now, a look at a miniature I’m building with the help of a 10-y.0. crafter (hmm, like another  series I’m associated with):

My one-inch-to- one-foot-scale post office

Also, for fun: a word about what is (NOT) the official motto of the USPS (it has no motto).

The inscription

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

is loosely based on the ancient Greek equivalent of the pony express. It was translated and inscribed on the James Farley PO Building in New York, now part of the US National Register of Historic Places.

Do you love your post office? Tell me your story and it might be in the series!

 

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One Response to “Neither snow nor rain . . .”

  1. Linda says:

    A friend sent me a postcard consisting of a postcard-sized photo and a pasted-on address and message sheet. It arrived, the pasted-on sheet badly torn and the address reduced to my first name and my ZIP code. Boo for the shredding and hurray for managing to get it to me with minimal information.