Postcards Sent Since 9/1/2016

I'm having such a blast sending and receiving postcards through Postcrossing and Postcards United.

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686.  cag 11/10/16 Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to 12-year-old Joshua in Germany
     11/15 - 5 days
     Dear Chris, 
thank you so much for your cool postcard and your nice lines, I really appreciate !. I wish you a wonderful autumn and christmas season filled with joy, harmony and happiness, many greetings, God bless you, Love & Peace from Joshua:-)

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684.  cag 11/10/16 Tombstone Boothill Graveyard to Switzerland
     11/15 - 5 days
     Hello 
Thank you for this nice postcard. I like it. 
Regards Eric

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681.  PCU 11/10/16 ARIZONA sunset with saguaros to Norway
     11/18 - 8 days
     Thanks for the lovely card!

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678.  cag 11/8/16 Donald Duck to the Netherlands
     11/15 - 7 days
     Dear Chris, 
Thank you for the festive Donald Duck card!

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673.  PCU 11/5/16 Burrowing owl card to Malaysia
     11/15 - 10 days
     Hello Chris thanks for your amazing beautiful burrowing owl postcard. have a nice day

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671.  cag 11/5/16 ARIZONA/ Saguaros at sunset to Hong Kong
     11/15 - 10 days
     多謝=]Thank you=]

670.  PCU 11/4/16 Kandinsky "Composition VIII" to Germany

     11/10 - 6 days

     Thanks for your postcard! Greetings, Kipsy

669.  cag 11/4/16 Funny "Cat Chart" card to Germany

     11/10 - 6 days

     Hello Chris! 

Thank you sooo much for the great postcard!!! Now i understand my cats ;) 
We are a little bit scared the the usa votet Trump.... what do you think? 
Take care 
Tina

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664.  PCU 10/21/16 ARIZONA/ Sunset to Germany
     11/17 - 17 days
     Hi Chris, thousands of thanks for your really great postcard! I love it very very much. It must be wonderful to live there. Nice to meet you here! Happy Postcard United! Kessy

663.  PCU 10/31/16 Egg Rock Lighthouse/Maine to Malaysia
     11/8 - 8 days
     Hello Chris, thank you very much for the beautiful light house card and the Halloween stamps! I love them very much! I know that there are several designs of the Jack O'Lantern stamps and I hope that I will be able to collect all of them soon. :D Thanks again and have a great day! :D

662.  cag 10/31/16 Black & White Pikes Peak, Colorado Vintage card to London
     11/5 - 5 days
     Hi Chris,

Thank you very much for an amazing postcard! I love it!

Agata

661.  cag 10/30/16 Desert Jackrabbit to Finland
     11/8 - 8 days
     Hello! Thank you very much for your postcard, I received it today! And I like it! Very nice postcard! Happy postcrossing! 
Minna.”
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658.  cag 10/29/16 Desert tortoise to Germany
     11/9 - 11 days
     Hello Chris,

thank you for your great postcard.

all the best 
Michaela and Sebastian

657.  cag 10/29/16 Pennsylvania Ruffled Grouse card to Czech Republic
     11/8 - 10 days
     Hi Chris, many thanks for sending your card with a ruffed grouse. I didn´t know about such birds. I´ve found pictures of other ones and they are absolutely amazing! In our mountains, we have a similar one - black grouse. I often go to listen to them to the mountain meadows in the early spring. Even before the sun rise, the cocks start their mating calls and keep on it for long hours. You must be very carefull not to disturb them. Othervise they vanish. I usualy find a hidden place in the evening and spend the night close to them. 
Best wishes and all the best in your new living place! 
Hana

656.  cag 10/29 TUCSON/ Catalina State Park to Lithuania
     11/13 - 15 days
     Hello, thank you very much for your card! I really like it very much!! Happy postcrossing! Rasa

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654.  PCU 10/28/16 Arizona Chili Recipe to South Korea
     11/9 - 12 days
     Hello there! Thanks for your beautoful postcard and stamps. I really loved it. Have a good day and wish you get a lot of postcards!

653.  cag 10/27/16 - TUCSON/ Catalina State Park to Germany
     11/9 - 13 days
     Hi Chris, 
I´ve never been to the USA so far, but the names "Tucson", "Tombstone" and "Sedona" are familiar to me. In my young years there was a job offer in Tucson that I was very tempted to take but in the end I didn´t. And of course I know the Wyatt Earp legend. As a young boy I read quite a number of "Western" novels. So thank you very much for your card. In four years I will follow you into retirement and then - who knows - I´m going to explore the "wild wild west". 
Best wishes from Germany 
Peter
652.  cag 10/27/16 Saguaro National Park to Estonia
     11/8 - 12 days
     Hello. Thank You for nice postcard and stamps. Happy postcrossing. Margus.

651.  cag 10/27/16 TUCSON mountains to Finland
     11/15 - 19 days
     Thank you very much for your Tucson-card! All the best for you! Have a wonderful life. Marja

650.  cag 10/27/16 TUCSON mountains to Taiwan

649.  PCU 10/26/16 Calif Academy of Science SOLAR SYSTEM card to South Korea

648.  PCU 10/25/16 Grand Canyon to Poland
     11/2 - 8 days
     Hello, Today I received yours postcard. I really like it. Thank you. Greetings from Poland, Marcin

647.  cag 10/25/16 Langston Hughes quote to Poland
     11/11 - 17 days
     Thank You so much for a beautiful postcard. I love the citation. Kisses from Poland 😊 KSENIA”

646.  cag 10/25/16 ARIZONA/ Saguaros to China (using Chinese address)
     11/4 - 10 days (this is a SHORT time for China - using the Chinese address must have really helped!
     “thank you soooo much!”

645.  PCU 10/24/16 Sepia Confederate cannons to Lithuania
     11/2 - 10 days
     Hello Chris! Thank you very much for your wonderful postcard with nice stamps. Best wishes and good luck ! Wih warmest greetings from Lithuania,Vidas

644.  PCU 10/24/16 Grand Canyon to Malaysia
     11/2 - 9 days
     Hi Chris. Thanks for the most awesome card of the Grand Canyon. I know it might not be much for other postcrossers but I have always love America with its wide open skies and amazing landscape ! So every time I get a card from the US I secretly hope it would be of a scenery that I've seen lots of times on tv or read about in books. Thank you for making my day ! All the best from Malaysia to you and your family.

643.  PCU 10/24/16 Lighthouses of Maine to the Philippines
     11/8 - 16 days
     Thanks for the card. You can check my INstagram account if you want to swapped cards. It is postcrossing_aileen All the best!

642.  PCU 10/24/16  ARIZONA Deserts & Mountains at Sunset to Russia  (used Russian address)
     11/10 - 17 days
     Hello Chris! Thank you very much for your beautiful and interesting postcard, I really like cacti and mountains. All the best! Tatiana

641.  cag 10/24/16  San Xavier Mission to out & proud Gay guy in Norway
     11/1 - 8 days
     Dear Chris, Thank you so much for the beautiful card, stamps and message! A big Viking hug for your upcoming moving - travel safely :-) Postcrossing Love, Joey

640.  cag 10/24/17 The Moon as seen from Tucson (to a 10 yo girl) in Germany
     10/29 - 5 days
     Hello Chris,

many thanks for your intressting postcard and the beautiful stamps, I like it!

Viele Grüße aus Deutschland &

happy postcrossing!

Jannic

639.  PCU 10/22/16 Tucson at Night to France

638.  PCU 10/22/16 "It's a Boy" (with a girl nurse) to a nurse in Germany
     10/31 - 9 days
     Thank you for the nice postcard :-)

637.  cag 10/20/16 Pele quote to the Netherlands
     10/28 - 8 days
     Hi Chris,

Thank you for this inspirational card. I can already imagine how your place must look like. 
I hope you will enjoy your retirement. Good luck!

All the best, 
Lisanne

636.  PCU 10/20/16 Minnesota Map to South Korea
     10/28 - 8 days
     Thank you so much for your wonderful map postcard with great stamps :) I really love it a lot >_< It's awesome that you took a road trip all over the US. I'd love to get a chance to do it one day :) Hope your life is full of joy and happiness ! Arom
 
635.  PCU 10/19/16 Harry Potter to Poland
     11/4 - 15 days
     Hello!  Thank you for this beautiful postcard and awesome stamps (WonderWoman rulezz!)!  I'm totally curious about living is such a place as Arizona!  I live in a wet and cold place, so probably it could be kind of shock.  You said you're preparing to move.  So best wishes, keep fingers crosssed for you to visit many beautiful places in USA.  Ania

634.  PCU 10/19/16 Diego Rivera Nude with Calla Lilies to Romania
     10/30 - 11 days
     Nice postcard! Thank you! Mihnea

633.  cag 10/19/16 TUCSON/ Mountains to Czech Republic
     10/25 - 6 days
     “““““““““““““““““““Thanks a lot for your wonderful postcard! I enjoyed it really much. 
Happy Postcrossing and greetings from Czech Republic Martin.””””””””””””””:)))””””””””””

632.  cag 10/19/16 Hotel Coronado in California to Russia

631.  cag 10/19/16 San Jaquin Valley, California card to Germany
     10/26 - 7 days
     Hello Chris,

thanks a lot for the beautiful postcard.

I love it 😍👍,

Best wishes,

Bianca

630.  PCU 10/17/16 Tucson at night to South Korea
     10/28 - 11 days
     Dear , Thank you for letting me know about the city, Tucson. It is interesting that the tucson named in Spanish. I'm not familiar with spanish that it sounds exotic. Thank you for the nice stamps( wonder woman and martin ramirez are sooo nice) and beautiful night view of the city. Hope your moving across country goes well and your mailbox is full with awesome postcards again :) xoxo

629.  cag 10/17/16 Moose (with cut-out hoof in the middle of card) to Hungary
     10/25 - 8 days
     Dear Chris! 

Thank you for the postcard! I like it! :-)

Have a nice day! 
Misi

628.  cag 10/17/16 Griffith Observatory to Germany
     10/25 - 8 days
     Hallöchen Chris!

Warmest greetings from your cards destination. I received it today and I am very happy about your card with your kind message. Thank you very much!

I hope you had a beautiful day! 
Tanja

627.  cag 10/16/16 Bubblegum Pigs to Ohio
     10/31 - 15 days
     Hi Chris! 
Thank you for the hilarious card! And the Wonder Woman stamp!! I will be retiring in January, and am really looking forward to it! 
Carol

626.  cag 10/16/16 Arizona/ Saguaro National Park card to a young and handsome-looking guy from Portugal
     10/25 - 9 days
     Great card, Chris, thanks a lot.

Nice stamps too.

Never heard about "Letter Boxing", so I googled it and.... wow! Looks like very fun, in fact Geocaching have some contact points with it, no?

Have a good autumn time.

Miguel

625.  PCU 10/15/16 Penguins at Sea World to Russia
     11/7 - 22 days
     Hi, Chris! Nice to meet you. Thank you very much for your wonderful card and amazing stamps! I wish you many happy moments in your life 😉

624.  PCU 10/15/16 San Francisco- 3 views to Malaysia
     10/31 - 16 days
     Hi Chris. Thank you so much for the lovely card with pretty stamps. Its a great addition to my collection. Wish you all the best and take care.

623.  PCU 10/15/16 Texas Armadillo - in an envelope - to Algeria!
     11/4 - 21 days
     Hello Christine ! Many thanks for your unusual amazing postcard, it was most welcome and I liked it very much. I also want to thank you for the nice stamps on the envelope. Next week I'll send you a letter and I hope it will be surprise for you. All the best Kader

622.  cag 10/15/16 Rosie the Riveter to Sweden
     10/24 - 9 days
     Hi and thank you for the card. And I could say to the card, Yes we can ;-)

Happy postcrossing

Joakim

621.  cag 10/15/15   "The Yawning Chasm" (one of my favorite cards) to PEI, Canada
     10/30 - 15 days
     Hi Chris,

Thanks so much for the great postcard and lovely stamps! I love the card, very much appreciated!!

Happy Postcrossing (and retirement!), 
Michelle

620.  cag 10/15/16  "Maybe I Want to Look Cheap" to North Carolina
     10/20 - 5 days
     Thank you for the postcard Chris! It's cracking me up, I love it!

619.  PCU 10/13/16  "Greetings from Arizona" to Germany
     10/22 - 10 days
     Thanks for your postcard :-)

618.  PCU 10/13/16 Tucson/Saguaro NP in envelope, as requested
     10/26 - 13 days
     Chris! Thank you very much for the beautiful card! It's so colorful, I can imagine you love to drive out into the desert, I would too! I am fascinated with cacti, but unfortunately, it is way to wet here to grow them outside. So i just keep small ones, and not so much as i would like. Well, the more love they can get :-D Wish you all the best and enjoy your retirement! regards, Kathinka

617.  cag 10/13/16 TUCSON/ Saguaro NP to Portugal
     10/24/16 - 11 days
     Thank you very much for your beautiful postcard. Best wishes. 
Happy postcrossing. 
Manuela”

616.  PCU 10/12/16 Arizona map wi/photos to Malaysia
     10/24 - 12 days
     thx for the lovely postcard. all the best to you with love and joy :)

615.  PCU 10/11/16  Arizona Chili recipe to China - used Chinese address
     10/25 - 14 days
     Hello Chris Thank you for your wonderful card! Best wishes Forest

614.  cag 10/10/16 Arizona/ Sunset to Germany
     10/18 - 8 days
     “Hello Chris, thank you very much for your kind greetings and the wonderful postcard with the pretty stamps. I like your explications about your country. 
Have a good time and enjoy your retirement 
Edeltraut”

613.  PCU 10/9/16 Javelina to France
     10/22 - 13 days
     Bonjour ! Thank you very much for your lovely postcard! Have a nice day. Olivier

612.  cag 10/9/16  Tucson: Mountains to Russia
     10/29 - 20 days
     Thank you for your beautiful postcard!

611.  cag 10/8/16 Fox Theater ad card to Germany
     10/19 - 11 days
     Hallo ;-) 
Thank you very much for your wonderful Postcard! 
Happy Postcrossing and Carpe Diem from Wuppertal, Lilly 
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610.  cag 10/8/16 Tucson Mountains card to Utah
     10/15 - 7 days
     Thank you for your postcard! I'm traveling to Phoenix/Scottsdale next week for a wedding. It was really fun to receive your card. 

Congratulations on your retirement.

Thanks, 
Brandon

609.  PCU 10/8/16 Abraham Lincoln card to Germany
     10/19 - 11 days
     Thank you very much for your lovely and interesting card

608. cag 10/6/16 Burrowing Owl card (in envelope) to Belgium
     10/14 - 8 days
     “Thank you for the card! 
You forgot to write down the ID-number but luckily Postcrossing found it! 
Enjoy the weekend!”  Note:  It was written on the envelope

607.  cag 10/5/16 Black & White 1908 Hopi photo to Finland
     10/17 - 12 days
     Hello! Thank's for the nice card. Everything native cards Areena intresting. Have a nice day! Anja

606.  cag 10/5/16 Arizona/Saguaro NP card to Japan
     10/17 - 12 days
     Thank you very much post card!!!”

605.  cag 10/5/16 Route 66/New Mexico with corvette to Poland
     10/19 - 14 days
     Hi :) thanks for interesting postcard. It's great 
Best wishes 
Kamil

604.  PCU 10/4/16 Grand Canyon State Map card to Ukraine
     10/15 - 11 days
     Hello Chris Wow! What a lovely surprise in my mailbox today! Thank you so much for everything: card, stamps and kind words. The card will be a great addition to my collection. I invite you to friendship on my page in Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010187348105 All the best! Sincerely Bogdan

603.  PCU 10/4/16 "Greetings from Arizona" to Malaysia
     10/24 - 20 days
     thanks for your nice postcard. Here is my postcard blog for your viewing pleasure http://smspostcard.blogspot.my/ Cheers, SL Liew :)

602.  cag 10/3/16 Harry Potter car to Estonia
     10/11 - 10 days
     “Hi Chris, 
Thank you so much for this wonderful professor Lockhart postcard! Also those stamps were awesome, I dont think I have ever recieved ones like this before! 
All the best and lots of good books and pretty postcards to you! 
Andrea”

601.  cag 10/2/16 Grand Canyon card to Germany
     10/16 - 14 days
     Hi Chris, how are you? 

Many thanks for the card with the impressive view on Grand Canyon. I only got a few (more or less) desert cards so far - probably because there are only a few people living in such arid places and those who do might have other things in mind than writing postcards. I don't know. Anyways. I like desert images a lot - maybe because I grew up in the countryside of Germany where every bit of soil that isn't buried under concrete has green leaves on top of it. Desert is different, then. But don't get it wrong: I love plants. All kinds,...

All the best, 
Klaus

600.  cag 10/2/16 Javelina card to Russia
     10/29 - 27 days
     Hello 
Thank you for sending me a nice postcard !!! Also thank you for those amazing stamps!
599.  cag 10/2/16 Grand Canyon card to Belarus
     10/13 - 11 days
     “thank you very much”

598.  cag 9/29/16 Recipe: Beef Enchiladas to Sweden

597.  PCU 9/29/16 Maine:  Baxter State Park to Taiwan
     10/13 - 14 days
     Hello Chris, Thank you so much for your maine postcard. It looks so beautiful! I love winter, I love cold weather and snow, but we haven't snow in Taiwan... Thank you for your card and nice stamps. Have a nice day, Wenhsiu

596.  PCU 9/29/16 MDI Map to Malaysia
     10/11 - 12 days
     Thank you for your postcard, have a nice day.

595.  cag 9/29/16 "Roses at Twilight" art card to Belgium
     10/6 - 7 days
     Dear Chris,

You card is very very beautiful! The stamps are great as well. Thanks a bunch !! 
I looked upon Wikipedia to find more information about the Saguaro cacti and I found really nice pictures of this amazing cactus. :o))))

Enjoy your time as a pensionner !!

Anne-Marie from a sunny Kortrijk

594.  cag 9/29/16 Tucson Aerial card to the Netherlands
     10/9 - 10 days
     HI Chris, 

From out Rotterdam thanks for the nice postcard!! 
(i like the cactus)! 
Greetings

Greetje

593.  PCU 9/29/16 AZ Saguaro/sunset card (with NERVE ticket) to Taiwan

592.  PCU 9/28/16 Baseball Hall of Fame card to Russia
     10/20 - 21 days
     Baseball hall of Fame - is great! Thank you very much)

591.  cag 9/28/16 Four Corners card to Germany (looks like the same person as #586!)
     10/5 - 7 days
     Hello Chris, thank you very much for this great, interesting postcard, perfect for my collection. As a teacher of geography I am always interested in such special places. 
Have a nice autumn, and all good wishes! 
Lothar 

590.  PCU 9/28/16 Tucson Aerial card to Italy
     10/8 - 9 days
     Hi there! Thank you for your awsesome aerial view! Ciao from Italy, Ellis.

589.  cag 9/28/16 ANP Carriage Path Bridge to Russia (used Russian address)
     10/26 - 28 days
     Hi! Thanks for a remarkable card! Good mood and warm fall!

588.  cag 9/28/16 AZ/ saguaro & sunset card to Illinois
     10/5 - 7 days
     “Hi Chris: 

Thanks for the Arizona card. Never been there, but everyone I know who has been there loves it. I bet you will miss the weather when you move to PA.! Being a life long resident of the Midwest, I couldn't imagine a year without autumn's beauty in the changing of the trees; just the color of the entire landscape! 
Happy Postcrossing and Happy Fall!

Loral”

587.  cag 9/24/16 Edward Hopper (large house) card to Switzerland
     10/2 - 8 sYA
     No Message - but called it a favorite....

586.  cag 9/24/16 Kartchner Caverns to Germany
     10/5 - 11 days
     Hello Chris 
Thank you for the nice card,I like it so.I was five years ago in west from America.In California,Arizona,Utha and Nevada.Six weeks by bus.America is so very nice. 
I wish you all the best. 
God bless you and your loved. 
All the best from Lothar

585.  PCU 9/24/16 PA/Owl to Russia
     10/14 - 21 days
     Hello Chris! Many many thanks for a wonderful card and stamps! Have a nice day! Olga

584.  PCU 9/24/16 AZ Map cad in envelope with $2 bill to Russia (used Russian address)
     10/16 - 23 days
     Hello! I have just arrived home after a long journey through Germany, Belgium and Portugal. I thank you for an amazing postcard and happy 2-dollar bill! I danced with joy! You are wonderful! You're the best! How amazing! Right now you have the wether + 91 F. And here in Kaliningrad + 32 F ... cold and wild wind ... I want to go there, where the sun ...!!!! )))

583.  PCU 9/22/16 Sepia card - Confederacy with cannon to China
     11/7 - 46 days
     Received the postcard you sent,it's very nice,thanks!May joy and happiness surround you today and always!Best wishes!

582.  PCU 9/22/16 "Autumn" Grandma Moses painting IN ENVELOPE to the Netherlands
     11/5 - 44 days!!!
     thank you you bright my day

581.  cag 9/22/16 Kartchner Caverns to North Carolina

580.  cag 9/22/16 AZ Desert Museum Prairie Dog to Hong Kong
     10/3 - 11 days
     “Cute”

579.  PCU 9/20/16 Kartchner Caverns card to Taiwan
     10/13 - 23 days
     Thank you for the postcard=) The stamps are special!!

578.  PCU 9/20/16 AZ Map to Indonesia
     10/19 - 29 days
     Thank you for the beautiful postcard & stamps. Have a nice day. Happy postcarduniting!

577.  cag 9/20/16 lupine on MDI to Finland
     9/27 - 7 days
     “Thank you for the nice postcard with so great Batman stamp :) Greetings from Finland, Kati”

576.  PCU 9/19/16 Reecipe: Chalupa to France
      9/26-7 days
     Hello Chris thank you so much for your recipe card, with nices stamps I love to learn about new tastes and my hobby is to collect recipe cards all around the world, am 54 y.o living in the center of FRANCE in the LOIRE VALLEY Unesco place and where most of the french castles have been built. best wishes SAndrine

575.  PCU 9/19/16 Vanity Fair/Woman to Russia
     10/13 - 24 days
     Hello Chris! Thank you very much for your very nice postcard from Arizona. The postcard and the postage stamps I really like. I wish you all the best, enjoy a nice day! Aliya

574.  cag 9/19/16 saguaro and ocotillo card to New Zealand
     9/26 - 8 days
     “Thank you for the postcard and telling me about Tucson. I have just returned from 4 yrs in the states, but sadly never made it to the desert, which I would of loved to of done. A unique an amazing place.”

573.  cag 9/18/16 UGLY DOLLS card to France (really fussy requests)
     10/8 - 20 days
     Merci pour la carte. 
Bon Automne 
Amitié 
Christine38

572.  PCU 9.17/16 Strasburg Railroad (pa) to Romania
     9/26 - 9 days
     Thank you for the beautiful postcard, I love trains. Indeed, my address is long because street name is long. I also going to move soon but on the same street. :) No way to escape this address. Best wishes!

571.  cag 9/16/16 Bar Harbor Sunset over street to Germany
     9/27 - 11 days
     “Hi Chris, 

thanks for the card! Nice old town! i like this very much!

i´ve heard from the saguaro nationalpark. Lots of cacti, very hot, wild nature. For me its the typical example for arizona! 
Someday i´ll make my holiday there :D

Best wishes 
Steffi”

570.  PCU 9/15/16 Karchner Caverns to Russia

569.  cag 9/15/16 Lupine on MDI to Poland
     9/23 - 8 days
     “Hello!

Thank you for the nice postcard! ;)

Have a nice day and happy postcrossing !

Mateusz”

568. cag 9/15/16 Yellowstone NPk sign to Pennsylvania
     9/19 - 4 days
     “Hello!

Thank you so much for the beautiful postcard. I really enjoy the lovely stamp you used as well. I hope you enjoy living in Pennsylvania.

Have a marvelous day!

-Tabitha H.”

567.  cag 9/15/16 Sepia card of a Confederate battery during the Civil War
     10/13 - 28 days
     Thanks a lot.

566.  cag 9/15/16 Karchners Caverns card to Germany
     9/21 - 6 days
     “Thanks and happy postcrossing 
Best regards”

565.  PCU 9/13/16 Yellowstone NP card to Sweden
     9/20 - 7 days
     Hello and thanks for the lovely postcard. I like it very much. Nice stamps on it too. Greetings from Sweden Britt-Marie

564.  PCU 9/12/16 Coastal Majesty, California to Spain
     9/29 - 17 days
     “Hello - thanks so much for your great postcard (sorry for the delay in registering - there was no id on the postcard :p). I've always wondered what Boston Beans were like! Thanks for answering the questions too - my middle name is Laura :) 
Best wishes and Happy Postcrossing!”

563.  cag 9/12/16 Boston Baked Beans recipe card to Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

562.  cag 9/11/16 Bear Island Lighthouse, NEHbr to Florida
     9/19 - 8 days
     “Thank you for the wishes and great card :)

Always smile, 
Piper”

561.  PCU 9/10/16 Whoopie pie recipe to Russia
     10/4 - 24 days
     Hi! Thanks for the cool postcard! Good autumn!

560.  PCU 9/10/16 Niagara Falls card go Hamburg, Germany
     9/17 - 7 days
     Moin Moin :) That means „hello“ where i live. Thank you very much for this wonderful card. All the best for you, Stefan

559.  cag 9/9/16 Coyote (with saguaro) to Germany
     9/15 - 6 days
     Hello Chris, thank you for the card of an Desert Coyote and the many informations about Tucson, Arizona.  
Best wishes,
Melanie

558.  PUC 9/8/16 Movie poster of Sunrise Kingdom to South Korea
     9/27 - 19 days
     Thank you for your MOVIE MOONRISE KINGDOM postcard! I really like this movie. And I like BUDAPEST HOTEL, too. And I like this stamps. (Batman, Icecream, Penguin) I wish you all happiness. Jihye

557.  cag 9/8/16 Celestial Seasonings card to Russia
     9/27 - 19 days
     “Thank you! This card is so beuatiful! 
Happy postcrossing:)”

556.  PCU 9/6/16  PA Covered bridge to Malaysia
     10/10 - 34 days
     thank you so much for the nice card. all the best to you.

555.  PCU 9/6/16 PA/Owl to Taiwan
     9/22 - 15 days
     Hello! Autumn greetings form Taipei, Taiwan. Many thanks for your owl postcard. Have a nice day. Chuan

554.  PCU 9/6/16 PA multi-view card to Poland
     9/20 - 13 days
     Thank you for a nice postcard

553.  cag 9/6/16 Chesapeake Bay Crab Cake recipe to Germany
     9/18 - 11 days
     “Hello Chris, 
Thank you for your card. Appreciate the recipe. Sadly it is really difficult to get crab meet here in Bavaria :-) But I will try, so that I can test your recipe ;-) 
Yours 
Stefanie”

552.  cag 9/6/16 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees to China
     10/1 - 24 days
     “Thanks for the nice card, I love it. I have been to Tucson in 2012 for travel, it's very nice there.”

551.  cag 9/6/16 Whoopie Pie Recipe to Ukraine

550.  cag 9/6/16 Chicken Corn Soup recipe to Czech Republic
     9/16 - 10 days
     Hello, 
thank you for your beautiful card and nice stamps. :) best wishes 
Adéla”

549.  cag 9/6/16 Rockwell Black Eye painting to South Korea
     9/29 - 22 days
     “Thanks for the postcard! I loved it so much!!!”

548.  cag 9/5/16 PA Multi-view to Germany
     9/15 - 9 days
     “Hi Chris,

thanks for the nice card and the great stamps :) 
I understand what you mean, but Pensylvania looks nice too. You sure like it too :) 
All the best to you! 
Natalia”

547.  cag 9/5/16 Arizona Jackalope to Wisconsin
     9/14 - 9 days
     WOW, they do exist??? I thought it was an urban legend!!! Thanks for the jackalope card...reminds me of SNL:.)

546.  PCU 9/1/16 North Dakota "Fisherman's Dream to China
     10/24/16 - 53 days
     Hello Thanks for your nice postcard,and nice stamps! You can take every Chinese character as a symbol. Suky

545.  PCU 9/1/16  Amish country carriage to Russia
     9/23 - 22 days
     Hello, Chris, thank you for the lovely postcatd you sent me. I have heard about Pensilvania but I have never heard about the Amish country and about the Amish people. I have opened the Wikipedia to find some information about it. That is one of the reasons I like sending and receiving postcards - it gives us a possibility to know the worls around us. Warm greetings from Siberia and good luck Anna

544.  PCU 9/1/16 Harry Potter (plus stamp) to India
     9/23 - 22 days
      I really like the card and matcging stamp. It really make my day. Thanks a lot....i am a big fan of harry potter. Thanks for sending it to me.

543.  PCU 9/1/16 Harry Potter (plus stamp) to South Korea (Republic of Korea)
     10/8 - 38 days
     Hello! I received your card today. Thanks for nice Harry Potter card and stamp. I love it very much!! My friend also like Harry Potter, She envied me a lot. I wish you have a great day😆

542.  cag 9/1/16 W.l Quoddy Light to New Zealand
     9/8 - 7 days
     Hello Chris and thank you for the wonderful West Quoddy Lighthouse postcard. Hopefully I can remember this is "the eastern most ligfht in the USA". :)

Driving across the USA sounds amazing, as long as the boring interstate multi-lane highways are avoided. I remember some of those in 2010.....I was mostly on a bus at that stage (never again by bus for any decent length trip as Greyhound lost my luggage, never to be found again) but in a car for one trip. National Parks and book stores sound good though I have to admit that quilt shops does not sound like me...lol”

541.  cag 9/1/16 PA multi-view card to Russia
     9/24 - 23 days
     “твоя - самая лучшая!!!”

540.  cag 9/1/16 Maine roadsign to the Netherlands
     9/8 - 7 days
     Hello Chris ! 
Just received your colourful cards. Many thanks ! 
The signalpost is special ! Like it. 
Wish you many lovely cards, Chris. 
Love from Holland, LOES.”

539.  cag 9/1/16 PA farmland to Germany
     9/11 - 10 days
     “Hi Chris, 
thank you for your nice postcard, which arrived yesterday. The picture looks really nice. I hope you´ll have a nice week. Happy Postcrossing. 
Bye Michael”

538.  cag 9/1/16 PA/Amish buggy to Iowa
     9/6 - 5 days
     Hi Chris! Thanks for the card. My husband lived in Lancaster County part of his childhood, we actually went there on our honeymoon. (We lived in NY state at the time). Maine is another favorite spot, I vacationed there nearly every summer as a kid! Enjoy your time with family. Amy”

Postcards Received Wednesday August 31

520.  A. Mucha's Window Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic

Ahoj (HI) Chris :-)

I truly hope you're well and happy.  I lived in England for 10 years and am going back to London in Feb. to celebrate my birthday there.  I can't wait.  I worked as an English tutor for 2 years, now I work at a pizza place and I enjoy it very much.  Let's smile at a stranger every day.  Take care and have a fab life as it's a gift - good and bad.  Monika

521.  Pensacola, FLORIDA

(Card is from somewhere in the US)

Thank you for letting me send you this card.  I have been holding on to it for awhile waiting to send it tot he right person.  I love the irony in your last name.  I recently traveled through Arizona and got some good jackalope postcards.  Devin

522.  The First meeting of Jane Eyre and Rochester by Thomas Davidson

Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth

Dear Chris,

Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland.  I hope you like my choice of postcard.  As a reader, I'm sure Jane Eyre is known to you.  Lovely story.  Edinburgh Book Festival is on at the mment, part of the yearly celebrations.  Best wishes, Pat

MOVIE - Secret Life of Pets

PG (1:30)

Wide release 7-8-16

Viewed end of August, just before returning to Tucson for the last time, with Ella and Tristan

RT Critic:  74  Audience:  62
Critic's Consensus:  Fast-paced, funny, and blessed with a talented voice cast, The Secret Life of Pets offers a beautifully animated, cheerfully undemanding family-friendly diversion.

Cag:  3  Liked it

Directed by Yarrow Cheney, Chris Renaud

Universal Pictures

My comments:  Cute.  Didn't drive me too crazy. Both the kids enjoyed it.  Really not too bad.....

RT/ IMDb Summary:      For their fifth fully-animated feature-film collaboration, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Comedy superstars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart make their animated feature-film debuts in The Secret Life of Pets, which co-stars Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy produce the film directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2), co-directed by Yarrow Cheney and written by Brian Lynch and Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio.

46. Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron

listened to on Audible
2012 Minotaur Books
310 pgs.
Adult Mystery
Finished 8/30/16
Goodreads rating:  3.8 - 1,470 ratings
My rating:  4
Setting: Whitney, Washington County, Maine contemporary wintertime

First line/s:  "The last time I saw Lucas Sewall, he left a school notebook under the passenger seat of my truck."

My comments:  Washington County, Maine.  The Sunrise County.  Poor.  Isolated.  Long, cold winters. Beautiful in the summertime.  Jonesport-Beals.  Machias. Lubec.  I know the area well.  This story takes place in Whitney (Whiting?), Maine.  It was a good mystery.  It was quite believable.

Goodreads synopsis:  Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has been sent into exile, transferred by his superiors to a remote outpost on the Canadian border. When a blizzard descends on the coast, Bowditch is called to the rustic cabin of a terrified couple. A raving and half-frozen man has appeared at their door, claiming his friend is lost in the storm. 
          But what starts as a rescue mission in the wilderness soon becomes a baffling murder investigation. The dead man is a notorious drug dealer, and state police detectives suspect it was his own friend who killed him. Bowditch isn’t so sure, but his vow not to interfere in the case is tested when he finds himself powerfully attracted to a beautiful woman with a dark past and a troubled young son. The boy seems to know something about what really happened in the blizzard, but he is keeping his secrets locked in a cryptic notebook, and Mike fears for the safety of the strange child. 
          Meanwhile, an anonymous tormentor has decided to make the new warden’s life a living hell. Alone and outgunned, Bowditch turns for assistance to his old friend, the legendary bush pilot Charley Stevens. But in this snowbound landscape -— where smugglers wage blood feuds by night -— help seems very far away indeed. If Bowditch is going to catch a killer, he must survive on his own wits and discover strength he never knew he possessed.

MOVIE - Finding Dory

PG (1:40)

Wide release 6/16/16

Viewed twice between August and September, 2016

RT Critic:  94  Audience:  84
Critic's Consensus:  Funny, poignant, and thought-provoking, Finding Dory delivers a beautifully animated adventure that adds another entertaining chapter to its predecessor's classic story.

Cag: 4 

Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus Maclane

Walt Disney Studios/Pixar

My comments:  Although I saw this twice - once with each set of grandkids - I never wrote down my actual reaction/review at the time.  I don't usually like animated films, but this one was not too bad, 90% of them I'd never go to twice!

RT/ IMDb Summary:  "Finding Dory" reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way. The all-new big-screen adventure dives into theaters in 2016, taking moviegoers back to the extraordinary underwater world from the original film.

Postcards Received Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 - last week in PA

518.  An odd card to received from CHINA...

Hi Chris!  Greeting from China!  I'm Sophie, a 18 years old girl.  And I will enter college this Sep.  So excited!  I just can't stop dreaming about it!  Being a teacher must be cool.  Cause I have many cool teachers.  Thery are really nice.  Good day!

519.  "North of Silver Hill in Connecticut, the Appalachina Trail wanders through woods still growing up from 19th century overtimbering"

Card sent from TEXAS

Howdy from Texas.  I picked up this card on our trip last fall - we enjoyed it very much.  We plan to visit Maine and see some of the islands - any suggestions?  Figured we need to hire a bout and driver for part of it.  Enjoy travel - we do and hope to do even more.  Keys in Florida are next.

Cheers, Johny

MOVIE - Jason Bourne

PG-13 (2:03)

Wide release 7/29/16

Viewed On Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Gettysburg Outlets

RT Critic:  56  Audience:  61
Critic's Consensus:  Jason Bourne delivers fans of the franchise more of what they've come to expect -- which is this sequel's biggest selling point as well as its greatest flaw.

Cag: 3/Liked it

Directed by Paul Greengrass

Universal Studio

Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, 

My comments:  75% crazy ridiculous car chases, 20% eye-rolling CIA garbage, and 5% traveling the world (with Matt Damon as eye candy).  Since I don't like stupid car chases, the movie was only....okay.

MovieFone Summary:  It's been 10 years since Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) walked away from the agency that trained him to become a deadly weapon. Hoping to draw him out of the shadows, CIA director Robert Dewey assigns hacker and counterinsurgency expert Heather Lee to find him. Lee suspects that former operative Nicky Parsons is also looking for him. As she begins tracking the duo, Bourne finds himself back in action battling a sinister network that utilizes terror and technology to maintain unchecked power.

Quilt Shop Road Trip: 6 Shops In Pennsylvania Dutch Country

Since this is probably my last chance to shop hop before I leave to return to Arizona, and with the rest of the family away (including Bender!), I decided to hit the road for a few new shops.  Left at 9, returned at 8, and saw some beautiful Pennsylvania farmlands including a large number of Amish farms and legit horse & buggies.  Gorgeous day!

One of my stops was at Smucker's Goard Farm in Kinzers, a tiny bit northeast of Intercourse and southeast of Blue Ball.  Run by an Amish family, there were literally thousands and thousands of gourds, most in their natural state, many painted, and all for sale.  They also sold lacquer, paints, tools, and canned preserves and pickles.  The oh-so-nice female proprieter and her three-year old daughter waited on me.  Although the child only speaks Pennsylvania Dutch, her mother told me that she's heard enough English that she understands a lot and will continue to learn English as her second language.  She has two daughters that are teachers in one room schoolhouses, where they only teach English.  I purchased three gourds that were cut like bowls (for a buck apiece), some spray-on lacquer, and a jar of kosher dill pickles.  Always closed on Sunday, they're open the rest of the week from 8 to 5; except from Nov. 1 to Mar. 1 when they're also closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  I'll be back!

What was I looking for?  Yellows to back my "Few of My Favorite Things" rag quilt, fat quarters for the fronts of the same quilt, Christmas fabrics for the Advent Calendar Quilt that Dede and I are going to make next week.....

First stop:  Stitch & Craft in Manheim, PA.  Unimpressive selection of fabrics, and the proprieters - 3 Menonite women - were way out back, unseen and unheard, until I went looking for them.  I did purchase a half yard of insulite batting to make a few potholders with Ella before I leave.  $2.39

Stop #2:  Weaver's Dry Good in Lititz.  The front of the shop was full of cutesy country - style gifts with lots of wooden signs with fun sayings.  Tons and tons of novelty fabrics a lot of lines of fabric that were noted with the fabric line.  I was a little disconcerted upon checking out - as I'd been walking around the shop browsing, I heard the proprietor telling another woman she would cut fat quarters for an extra $ .25.  Seemed reasonable.  When I got to the countere and asked her to cut two of my bolts into fat quarters, she told me they don't cut fat quarters.  hmmmmmm.  Behind me was an entire wall of fat quarters for sale.  Wonder where they came from?  This did not give any extra points to an otherwise very nice quilt shop.  This one, too, is run by Mennonite women.
  Purchased:  3/8 yd. shops novelty fabric ("My Hometown")
                      3/8 yd. postcard novelty fabric ("Home Away from Home")
                      5/8 yd. tiny yellow flowers from Little House on the Prairie collection
                      5/8 yd. of another yellow fabric ("Adalee's Garden")      $18.98

Stop #3:  Family Farm Fabrics in East Earl (possibly in Blue Ball).  Very likable shop.  Nice prices, large amount of up-to-date fabrics at reasonable prices, very personable young woman at the counter (Mennonite again, cool!)  A little bit of everything.
    Purchased:  3/8 yd. of daisies in canning jars with the words "laugh - live - love"
                        5/8 yd. yellow (w/tiny bit of orange) geometry pattern
                        fat quarter:  watermelon seeds
                        fate quarter:  jumbo shrimp on black
                        Moda Mini-charm pack:  Prairie     $18.13

Stop #4:  Cedar Lane Dry Goods in New Holland.  This was a shop-for-all-your-needs Amish/Mennonite type shop, where you could purchase anything to make clothing from snaps and hooks to polyester fabric.  They also had a nice selection of fabrics.  The shop itself is the large front part of a house set back quite aways from the street, so I had a hard time finding it.
     Purchased:  fat quarter:  thread, buttons, and tape measures on black
                         fat quarter:  tiny chickadee fabric that I used on Brendan's quilt and want for mine
                         correction tape (I told you they had everything!)     $5.82

Since one of the biggest things I was after today was Christmas fabric to make my Advent calendar and I hadn't been thrilled with the fabrics I'd seen so far, I decided to go the the Log Cabin Quilt Shop in Bird-in-Hand because I remembered seeing a large assortment there.  So that's where I headed.
Stop #5:  Log Cabin Quilt Shop in Bird-in-Hand.  (One of my favorite quilt shops.  I wrote a Yelp review after I left.)  This shop is part handmade gifts made by local artisans; part fabric shop; and part charm, mini charm, strip (etc.) warehouse.  Lots of woolie stuff here, too.  Always pleasant personel. Really do like this place.
     Purchased:  3/8 yd. "Quilting Treasures" fabric
                         5/8 yd. Yellow hexies from Timeless Treasures collection
                         Moda "candies" (2/5 in. squares) "The Potting Shed
                         Precut 3.5 x 5 inch barn fabric
                         10 postcards
                         Fat quarter - purple and black "Amish Fat Quarter"
                         Pattern:  Village by Jumble/Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. (houses made from charms)
                         Mini-quilt (mug mat) Nine patch with tiny nine patches
                         3 Bobbin Buddies                      $39.87

Still unhappy about not getting my Christmas fabric, I backtracked 4 miles to the Old Country Store in Intercourse for my last quilt shop stop.  I did find the fabric I wanted, but came out feeling a bit unhappy....the pattern called for cuts of 1/8 yd, 2/3 yards, etc. and they'll only cut quarter yards.  That means purchasing more fabric than needed.  What a racket!  They seem pretty tight-wadded in there, and for the second time I got a sort-of-grumpy person to cut my fabric.
     Purchased:  4 pieces of fabric for advent calendar:
                   3/4 yd. beige with red berries and green leaves,
                   1 3/4 yd. cranberry with holly and berries,
                   1/2 yd. words (peace, love, joy) on dark cream, and
                   1/2 yd. metallic gold sprigs on dark cream
                   3/4 yd. yellow with white lace
                   1/4 yd. small colorful birds
                    small pop-up refill for "fat quarter pop up"
                   velcro pocket-purse with safety pin atop
                   red Tovolo scoop n' strainer from the kitchen part of the store - for my own kitchen!  $61.08



             

Postcards Received Friday, August 26, 2016

516.  Spokane, Washington

Postal greetings from my home in spokane, WA.  Did this make you laugh?  Smile a little?  I love to hike/bike and walk.  We have wild fires right now so the smokey conditions mean I stay inside.  Congrats on your retirement.  Colleen

517.  Zamosc, Poland

Hello Chris!  I'm Paulina, 23, from Poland.  I study at university of technology.  This card shows my native town.  It's a beautiful old town.  This year I'm getting married!

Take care, Paula

Postcards Received Thursday, August 25, 2016

512.  Hanko, FINLAND

Hello Chris!  My name is Ulrika, I am 47 years old.  I live in the sourthern most town of Finland: Hanko.  It is a small town but we have 30 km of beaches over here.  Have a wonderful day! Ulrika

513.  St. Petersburg, RUSSIA

Hi!  Greetings from rainy city St. Petersburg.  This is not a doorway, but a cool window frame!

Daria and Kirill

514.  The Netherlands

Hello, Although not a postbox, this card shows the post (wo)man.  In the Netherlands he often comes by bike.  I live in Apolder, about 5 meters below Scalevd, on the former seabord (hard to read the writing).  My birthday is also on 30th of April.

Happy postcrossing and best wishes, Koen

515.  Penang Hill, MALAYSIA

Hi Chris, Greetings from Malaysia.  This is the Penay Hill tram.  I went up the hill last year and it was rather a nice ride.  Up on the Penay Hill one can see far out to the horizon.  

Best Wishes, Raymond Law

Postcards Received Wednesday, August 24, 2016

510.  Luxembourg, August 18, 2016

 A Postallove Card!

Dear Chris, I send you the postcard from Luxembourg-city.  My hobbies are art, photography, and travelling to Paris (only 2 hours by high speed train).  I wish you all the best.  Many greetings!  

Jean Moni

511.  Poland, Gdynia; 28 06 2016

Warmest greetings from Poland, Magdelana

Welcome to Poland - a country famous for the hospitality of cordiality of its people, delicious cuisine and beautiful colours during all seasons of the year.  

the positive changes that have taken place in recent years are bound to make your stay in Poland even more eventful :-)  So come :-) ...You have a lot of spare time?  That's easily taken care of.  Especially that the possibilities are varied and huge; mountain hikes, water sports (Baltic Sea has amazing beaches), horse riding and cycling tourism, modern cinemas, and the best quality in entertainment.  These are only some of the many possibilities.  Poland has survived centuries of conflict to emerge as a proud, independent country, ready to assume her new role in modern history.  Visitors ot Poland are discovering what the locals have long known, that Poland is a country rich in fine culture, scenic landscapes and extraordinary historical sites.  Whether exploring the nation's vibrant cities, the lakes and forest of her picturesque countryside or some of the other tourist attractions in Poland, visitors are sure to bring away rich memories.  PS.  And so delicious food - you have to try :-)

Postcards Received Tuesday, August 23, 2016

507.  Queenstown, New Zealand

Hi Chris,

Queenstown is a beautiful resort town in the south island of New Zealand.  It is 2 hours drive from where I grew up.  You can ski at Coronet Peak or the Remarkables (which has a steep scary road - well, it did last time I was there probably 20 years ago).  We went night skiing at C. Peak a couple of years ago.  In the summer you can waterski, bungy jump, and hike.  This photo was taken from a hill with a skyline restaurant and a gondola to get there.

Best wishes, Denise

508.  Port Moody, British Columbia, CANADA

Hello!  Greetings from the north!  I live in the small city of Port Moody, which is near Vancouver in the lower mainland of BC.  I'm very happy to call it home.  Carmen

509.  Rayrinki, FINLAND

Hello Chris!  Greetings from Finland.  My name is Marika.  I live in a small village called Rayrinki and work at our organic farm.  I hope you like this card.

Best wishes, Marika

45. Wolf Lake: a novel by John Verdon

#5 Dave Gurney, upstate New York detective
listened on Audible
2016, Counterpoint
375 pgs.
Adult Murder Mystery
Finished 8/22/16
Goodreads rating:  3.92 - 562 ratings
My rating:  4
Setting: Contemporary Adirondacks resort during a blizzard

First line/s:  "The porcupine's behavior was making no sense.  There was something deeply disturbing about its lack of logical purpose - disturbing at last to Dave Guerney."

My comments:  Number five in the Dave Guerney series did not disappoint, but I don't think any will affect me like the first, which I thought was absolutely brilliant. Intricate mystery solver, decorated ex-NY state police detective now-retired, takes on the mystery of why four people could commit suicide in the exact same manner after having the exact same frightening dream.  The cast of characters is not really large, so solving the mystery isn't hugely difficult if the reader's paying close attention.  Good story, I gobbled it up in two long sittings.  The reader (I listened to this one) was excellent. The setting is during a blizzard in the Adirondacks, which I'm happy to read about as long as I'm not enduring the actuality. A great part of this particular novel is about Gurney's wife, Madeline, who I've never really felt drawn to (I don't really understand their relationship at all, or her weird, silent attitude towards her husband and anything he does that she doesn't agree with).  However, she's drawn me in - a tiny bit more - in this story.  Now I have to wait another year for then next sequel!

Goodreads synopsis:  Could a nightmare be used as a murder weapon? That’s the provocative question confronting Gurney in the thrilling new installment in this series of international bestsellers. The former NYPD star homicide detective is called upon to solve a baffling puzzle: Four people who live in different parts of the country and who seem to have little in common, report having had the same dream—a terrifying nightmare involving a bloody dagger with a carved wolf’s head on the handle. All four are subsequently found with their wrists cut — apparent suicides — and the weapon used in each case was a wolf’s head dagger.
       Police zero in quickly on Richard Hammond, a controversial psychologist who conducts hypnotherapy sessions at a spooky old Adirondack inn called Wolf Lake Lodge. It seems that each of the victims had gone there to meet with Hammond shortly before turning up dead. 
       Troubled by odd holes in the official approach to the case, Gurney begins his own investigation — an action that puts him in the crosshairs of not only an icy murderer and the local police but the darkest corner of the federal government. As ruthless as the blizzard trapping him in the sinister eeriness of Wolf Lake, Gurney’s enemies set out to keep him from the truth at any cost — including an all-out assault on the sanity of his beloved wife Madeleine.
       With his emotional resources strained to the breaking point, Gurney must throw himself into a deadly battle of wits with the most frightening opponent he has ever faced.
       Wolf Lake is the page-turning new work by a writer hailed by the New York Times as “masterly” — and it furthers the adventures of Dave Gurney, a detective reviewers have compared to Sherlock Holmes.