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Subscription postcards: Big trees, big bears, angry moose

January 23, 2013 by campbell Leave a Comment

Postcard collage: Man on ground in front of tree-trunk cross-section with date markers. Text: Class is now in session.
Hello Kevin, and happy New Year! Every January it is nice to look back across the years and take a gander at the soul-crushing march of human progress. And what better way to do that than in tree form? Class is now in session! You’ll need a notebook, work gloves, and a chainsaw. Excelsior!


Sincerely,
Professor Tree
Postcard collage: Black bear climbing up sand dune. Text: Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan.
Hello Elizabeth! This postcard is from Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan. They are big hills made of sand, located on the shore of Lake Michigan. The dunes got their name from a Native American story. They say a bear and her cub swam across Lake Michigan. When they were done, they laid down on the shore for a long nap. It was so long that they got covered with sand, forming the big hills! According to the story, the bears are still down there sleeping.
Postcard collage: A moose sneaks up behind a man with a fish. Text: Moose on the loose.
Hello Carmel! This is a postcard that I made last summer while traveling in Minnesota. It depicts a moose sneaking up on a man to steal his lunch. According to the book Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance, moose in the United States and Canada kill more people per year (six) than any animal except snakes (twelve). In Anchorage, Alaska, more people are attacked by moose than bears. An Alaska state wildlife biologist warned to “assume every moose is a serial killer standing in the middle of the trail with a loaded gun.” Personally, I think that makes Americans sound more dangerous than moose.

Filed Under: Collage, Greetings from the Back of My Van, Postcards, Writing Tagged With: art, collage, GFTBOMV subscription postcards, minnesota, moose, postcards, sleeping bear dunes, trees

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