by Ann | Aug 12, 2026 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature The Midwest, Feature Travel, Feature Wellness Travel, The Midwest, USA, Wellness Travel, Where we've been
When most people hear Rochester, Minnesota, they probably think of Mayo Clinic. And for many years, that was our connection to Rochester, too. We’ve been coming here for more than a decade. At first, our trips were because we needed to be here—for Ann’s...
by Ann | Dec 13, 2020 | Feature Healthy Living, Feature Real Life, Feature Wellness Travel, Healthy Living, Real Life, Uncategorized, Wellness Travel
We are headed back to Rochester, Minn., today. I will be having a few scans and follow up visits at the Mayo Clinic. As you may recall, I had surgery in September to remove and replace one of my pacemaker/ICD leads. The surgery went really well and this week...
by Ann | Nov 20, 2019 | Destinations, Feature Destinations, Feature Places to Stay, Feature The Midwest, Places to stay, The Midwest, Travel, USA, Wellness Travel
We’ve been to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, more than a dozen times in the past five years. In fact, we started our blog, Postcard Jar, from there in 2014, just before Ann was diagnosed with a chronic disease called cardiac sarcoidosis. Typically, our...
by Steve | May 26, 2017 | USA
We thought we’d kick off this summer travel season with a series of blog posts featuring some of the postcards that we’ve received. We love going down to the post office, opening our P.O. box, and finding postcards from far-away places. It is so neat to...
by Ann | Jan 2, 2017 | Holidays
After traveling in the Caribbean for 10 days over Christmas, Steve and I returned to our home in Crete, Nebraska, about 15 seconds before the clock struck midnight Saturday night and just in time for a New Year’s kiss to ring in 2017. Before we delve into our...