From Alaska to Zululand, Gulliver will be travelling quite a bit this year. But it is always important to know where home is, so Gulliver used Duane Meenely’s postcards showing an aerial view of Salinas to kick off the year and introduce himself.   A big thanks to Duane for donating your cards.

As it turned out, one of the teachers was able to provide some quick feedback. “I put the card on the overhead projector and asked the students where they thought this scene could be found” related Mrs. D. “New York?  No, closer. San Diego? warm, but closer. San Francisco?  No, look at the picture. Here is the Salinas Airport, and here is Highway 101.  That is Salinas? But we are a small city!”  The kids were very excited to have a new perspective on where they (and Gulliver) live. Little do they know that Gulliver has discovered where the bobby pin was invented, who drinks bubble tea and what it is made with, and where the necktie originated. Stay tuned.

Purrs,

Gulliver

Gulliver is a cat who loves to travel and share his thoughts from the perspective of a cat.  Gulliver talks about food, festivals, animals, history, geography, science and cultures of people and places around the world. He is usually incognito due to training with the super-secret spy agency, but a general description is that he is an orange and white cat who purrs a lot.  Some postcards come from his family and friends. Current writers include the following, and more may be added.

• Gulliver
• Sir Gulliver of Dorito, his nephew, code name Dorito,
• Circe, his niece, code name Lady Tumbleweed,
• Sasha, his sister (no code name)
• Tristan, his super-secret spy training mentor and trainer.
• and others !

Gulliver’s Mailbox started with a handful of postcards in 2012.  The postcards are roughly organized into categories on this site; there is no series to follow, and each card is stand-alone. Hopefully, in the future a podcast will be available with different voices used to disguise Gulliver’s true identity.

Gulliver can be reached at gulliversmailbox@gmail.com .   Gulliver loves fan mail and comments, so please enjoy.