The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Handout A strong whiff of nostalgia escaped from the mailbox the other day: There was a postcard inside. Of course, it wasn’t a picture of the Eiffel Tower or Grand Canyon. When did anyone last travel anywhere? Or send a postcard when they did? No, this was an intriguing blue-toned image of a cracked wall with a stain that looked like a waterfall. On the reverse, there was a poetic message about rainwater washing away the wall, and my address appeared to have been typed out by an old typewriter. It was the most interesting thing I had received in the mail in weeks.