Lost in the Mail

Hooray! A postcard sent in 1929 has been delivered.

The message on the postcard to a "Miss Margaret McDonald" was short. Its path to the intended address was much longer.

Nearly 79 years after it was sent, a postcard of Yellowstone National Park's Tower Falls arrived in a Boston mailbox recently with the one-word message, "Greetings."

Its intended recipient had long since left the Victorian on Sparhawk Street, and the sender was not identified by name.

Just like government-run health care, you will get served if you wait long enough. Of course, there is the daunting challenge of living long enough to hear your number called.