Post Not-So Secret

Chapters is having a postcard sale and i bought several. this made me happy inside and i considered the wonder of the postcard and its evolution. first there was the postcard, and one could say what needed to be said without too much detail, no run on sentences were allowed. a person could say "wish you were here" or "glad you're not here" and little else with no questions asked. the postcard gave way to 'post-secret', where one can confess deepest feelings, secrets and desires anonymously with no fear of repudiation and a feeling of a weight lifted from one's shoulders. finally there was 'twitter', which, admittedly had nothing directly to do with postcards; but it is certainly the modern way of saying what needs of does not need to be said in 140 characters. my advice is to revisit the postcard in all its old-fashioned glory. write to someone, sign it or don't sign it and say just what you want to say in 140 characters, or less.