• Mailboxes du Jour – 30 January 2014

    Today’s mailbox, owned by Carl Wood, patiently awaits your letters at 672 Maple Valley Road in the town of Coventry in the state of Rhode Island, USA. Carl (aka cwent2), is retired from the United States Air Force. He collects not only fountain pens (yeah, Carl!), but also pocket watches, die cast cars, knives, and bald eagle figures. Judging by the size of his mailbox, either some of the die cast cars are nearly life-size or many of his fountain pens are oversize: InCoWriMo starts in two days! Carl has taken The Pledge. Have you? Carl would love to receive your InCoWriMo cards and letters: Carl Wood 672 Maple Valley…

  • Mailboxes du Jour – 27 January 2014

    Proudly standing at 23927 Suttle Road in Veneta, Oregon, is the charming, wood sheltered mailbox of Mark Harris, aka Type40. Like many of us, Mark leads a busy life. Thankfully, for the second year in a row, he will carve the necessary time away from bee keeping, candle making, archery, fencing, cycling, knitting, etc., etc., in order to participate in InCoWriMo. You are an InCoWriMo Poster Child, Mark! And your mailbox is cool: You won’t find mark on Twitter, but you can piece together his mailing address from the information above – and his ZIP Code is 97487. He’d love to hear from you. If you’d like to see your…

  • Mailboxes du Jour – Edison Pen World Headquarters

    Today’s mailbox treat, the Edison Pen Company World Headquarters Post Office Box, comes to us from the village of Milan, Ohio – where all Edison Pens are born. Although I’ve visited Milan more than once, I would not have called it a village – even though it’s the only place I know of in America where one can still “pump first, pay later” at the gas station – but according to the Knower of All Things (aka Wikipedia), Milan is, in fact, a village. A few years ago, I had the privilege of standing directly in front of the Edison Pen Company World Headquarters Post Office Box. It was a…