4043 - Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

The sender mailed a wonderful card of the late Bob Ross (1942-1995), an American painter and art instructor. He hosted The Joy of Painting from 1983 to 1994 on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States and on CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) in Canada. The Joy of Painting featured Ross instructing viewers on how to create landscape using the quick, wet-on-wet oil painting technique with a limited palette. This technique required a small investment in supplies needed by the home viewer. "Happy little trees" became one of his famous lines.

The sender is also Indigenous and commented that was impressed that I had a land acknowledgement in my biography. If you aren't sure what that means, I am just acknowledging that Medicine Hat, the city in which I live in and area, is the ancestral home to Siksiká, Káínaa, Piikáni, Stoney- Nakoda, and Tsuut'ina as well as the Cree, Sioux and the Saulteaux bands of the Ojibwa peoples, and Métis R
egion 3. As part of the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, this is one way we can acknowledge that the area once belonged to the Indigenous people and that we know live on it. It is a small part of truth and reconciliation with our Indigenous neighbours.

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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.

3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

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