On Main Street

Germany - Hof

Postcard from Germany from HofGirl

Description: No description on the back. HofGirl says: "Hof is a city in Bavaria, in the middle of Germany. Here lives 50,000 people. The weather is mostly cold and rainy. But the city has come highlights, Lorenzkirche, Signs of Fame, Theresienstein and the Untreusee." The front of the card (maybe) says Alstadt pedestrian precinct with the new fountains. If anyone has a better translation, let me know!

Malaysia - Malaysian Home

Postcard from Malaysia from azudesu

Description: No description on the back.

Romania - Romanian Peasant

Postcard from Romania from the-Teo

Description: Description is in Romanian, but the-Teo says: "Here's a photo composition of a Romanian peasant from the south of the country and his craft"

NOTE: This card came from Romania, but the sender's ID is Portugal.

Germany - Telecity

Postcard from Germany from Gutti

Description: www.bauhaus-dessau.de

Finland - Santa's Main Post Office

Postcard from Finland from lona

Description: Greetings from Lapland. Arctic Circle.

Malaysia - Orang Utan

Postcard from Malaysia from edwardnbellaforever

Description: Orang Utan or "Man of the forest" found only in the island of Borneo is an endangered species fully protected in Malaysia.

Shannon's 2009 Reading Material

I'm not sure how much I'll be reading this year. Or how much of it won't be stuff like Goodnight Moon and Hug and Pat the Bunny. Those aren't going to be listed here. They just don't need to be!

books in progress

• From Time To Time (started in June? 2008)
  
• What to Expect The First Year (ongoing!)
• Everything is Illuminated (started a long time ago...we still lived in the blue house!)
  
• Anybody Out There? (started February 17)

books just finished

• Daisy Dooley Does Divorce (started February 9, finished February 16)
• Gods Behaving Badly (started February 6, finished February 8)
  
• The Hour I First Believed (started December 26, finished February 5, commented on February 6)