AI Artwork: Pumpkin Empress

I remember when I used to go t the Post Office so that I could mail my overweight letters- overweight because I was sending stickers and postcards and extra long letters to my Pen pals in the UK and Turkey and Greece and Italy. I remember sending cassette tapes of my favorite songs in some letters too.

I remember running to check my mailbox after school to see if I had any mail- me and my pen pals used to decorate our envelopes and those letter always stood out among the bills and advertisements that my parents used to get.

On some days I’d have a half dozen letters to respond to, sometime there were more. In any case, it was always fun when I could sit on my bed and talk to people all over the world.

AI Artowrk by Pumpkin Empress

I remember having a little notebook of words and questions that I couldn’t find answers to in our encyclopedias at home or in the school library- so on once or twice a week I’d go to the public library and spend t he day doing research.

When I was done I’d go across the street and have a cheesburger and fries and then I’d go find my friends and we would spend the day outside just walking around and talking or we’d hang out in someone’s house and listen to our records. I remember laughing alot, I remember hearing some great stories.

Photo By Pumpkin Empress-AI

I remember before the internet I may have been alone, sometimes- but I was never lonely.