Doctor HP Flowers

Post Office at Wayside

 

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     A half dozen miles north of the old mill at Greenville waits the post office at Wayside.  Quietly on Sunday morning, but come Monday this corner will awaken attracting the regulars, each bringing more and taking away more than can ever be counted at the till.  The soul of this post office, known to generations, can best be appreciated by imagining the day when it might be replaced by an automatic stamp dispenser.  Credit cards accepted.




© d101114-007  Post Office
  Wayside, West Virginia
  Monroe County
  Sunday 14 November 2010



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Endangered Species

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Since eradicated!
Supplanted by a flat spot.
Coke machine and blue barrel too.
Where's the Endangered Post Office Act
When you need it.

    

© r0715-07  Post Office
  Auto, West Virginia
  Greenbrier County
  unday 5 June 1994

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That's Odd!

"That's Odd!"
"What's odd?"

"Nothing's odd."
"Something's odd."

"Not in Odd."
"Odd's not odd?"

"Against the odds."
"Even in Odd…"

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© d070525-008  Post Office
   Odd, West Virginia
   Raleigh County
   Friday 25 May 2007

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PS:  According to the Official Web Site of Odd, West Virginia "Christmas program covers were designed by students and handed out to parents during the annual Christmas concert."  This wonderful image, posted here with great affection, was retrieved from this web site.

Respectfully submitted,
Doctor Oddball Flowers
The Wizard of Odd

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Stamp Lickin' Days

     We used to send penny post cards knowing the Postmaster would read each one and spread the gossip.  He was also like an uncle to me.  For a young kid his post office was a neat place to hang while sampling community moods as they breezed in and out.  In those days the grown ups made me feel like an adult by allowing me to lick their stamps. Until, that is, I discovered the deception.  Now, each time I pass an authentic country post office I sense and taste glue on my tongue.

© 1386-16 Country Post Office
  Upper Tract, West Virginia
  Pendleton County
  Friday 27 May 2005

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