3814 - Santa Rosa, California, United States of America

A photo of Mount Shasta and Lake Shastina, taken by Erich Ziller.

Mount Shasta, or Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki (Karuk people), is a potentially active stratovolcano located in Siskiyou County in Northern California. It is the second highest peak (4322 m) in the Cascade Mountains. The last known eruption of Mount Shasta was around 1250, based on radiocarbon dating. The first written record of the mountain was made on 20 May 1817 by Narciso Durán, a member of the
Luis Antonio Argüello expedition into the upper areas of the Sacramento River Valley. Peter Skene Ogden of the Hudson's Bay Company recorded a sighting in 1826, and in 1827 the mountain was given the name Sasty or Sastise. The United States Exploring Expedition named in Mount Shasta in 1841.

The Klamath peoples in the area believe that the mountain is inhabited by the Spirit of the Above-World, Skell, who descended from heaven to the mountain's summit at the request of a Klamath chief. Skell fought with the Spirit of the Below-World, Llao, who lived at Mount Mazama, by throwing hot rocks and lava, probably representing the volcanic eruptions at both mountains.

The Harmonic Convergence in August of 1987 described Mount Shasta as one of a small number of global "power centres." Mount Shasta remains a focus of New Age attention. The writer of the card mentions they were there for a weekend and said Mount Shasta has "lots of spiritual lure..."

There is also a story of a "Batsquatch" - a humanoid creature with bat-like features; stocky, with leathery wings fifty feet from one end to the other and the face of a bat.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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