1.0Lifelong Learning Programhttps://carleton.ca/lifelongcuthemeedtr5https://carleton.ca/lifelong/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QXAfTHoI85"><a href="https://carleton.ca/lifelong/2022/the-post-card/">The Post Card</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://carleton.ca/lifelong/2022/the-post-card/embed/#?secret=QXAfTHoI85" width="600" height="338" title="“The Post Card” — Lifelong Learning Program" data-secret="QXAfTHoI85" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://carleton.ca/lifelong/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://carleton.ca/lifelong/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/Dad-at-Hurdcott-scaled.jpg15772560I am not sure how the post card came into my possession. I think it was among some old photos given to me by my mother. It is now 104 years old and the earliest photograph we have of my father. He was born in Australia in 1888 into a farming family. As the youngest […]