merry measure

 

A postal gift dating to sometime between 1932 and 1958, when 

for 26 years - ! - the rate for letters was three cents an ounce. 

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Faulkner & Eliot

My holiday postage: 22-cent stamps issued 24 and 25 years ago, 
like tiny book covers adorning every envelope.  Affixed 
while listening to this history of the post office.

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Red & green pies I have loved

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Winner
Strawberry-rhubarb pie.  Made by Grandma.

Runner-up
Key lime pie with raspberry sauce.  The conclusion of an afternoon dedicated solely to sharing desserts at four different restaurants, ten summers ago.

Untried but intriguing
Gooseberry pie.

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Pies in Brooklyn and San Francisco photographed by Evan Sung (top) and Drew Kelly for the New York Times.

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red & green(field)

 

Cover design by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich.

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