The Missive Maven

Edward Gorey's kitchen was filled with character. Here we see his fireplace mantle. Note the cat food bowls on the hearth, and the c...

Here begins my official, extensive chronicle of my fantastic visit to The Edward Gorey House yesterday. I have so many photos to share w...

Today was a VERY exciting day in my little Missive Maven world: I finally visited The Edward Gorey House ! I took a little field trip to ...

This lovely postcard came to me from Russia this week, as RU-1104338 via Postcrossing . The sender, Cathi, writes that this ballerina is...

Do you like fairies? Dragons? Unicorns? Elves? I do! And I love fantasy artwork. I feel like I could use a little magic in my life righ...

I can't believe we're more than a week into August already. Just a quick apology here for being so absent... I caught a cold at th...

I don't blog about kawaii stationery very often, because in truth I'm very fussy about what kawaii I like, but I think this Q-Lia...

Sometimes Postcrossing can seem like a fruitless desert of boring touristy postcards, but other times it's full of lovely surprises....