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In the Glow of a Moonbow
When conditions are right, Cumberland Falls — known as the "Niagara of the South" because of its 125-foot-wide curtain of water — produces a faint rainbow as moonlight refracts through the waterfall mist.

Posted: November 19, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Adding Magic to Your Holiday Greetings
In addition to getting rid of stress so you can enjoy the Christmas season, another reason to get your cards ready now is you can get your cards postmarked at the Post Office where Santa and all his elves conduct their postal business — North Pole, Alaska.

Posted: November 18, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Letter Carrier Delivers Safe Performance
Think about pulling in and out of traffic, hundreds of times a day, while delivering mail without an at-fault accident — not even a fender-bender involving a mailbox, trashcan or decorative rock. Here is a Postal Service employee who has accomplished that feat.

Posted: November 12, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

When the Prize is Safety, Every Employee Wins
What's up? Letter carriers and retail associates in their crisp blue uniforms, rural carriers and maintenance employees in casual attire, and managers and dignitaries in suits mingle around the staging area shaking hands and patting each other on the back.

Posted: November 6, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Kentucky Rail Museum Opens Railway Mail Service Car
Racing across this vast nation, Railway Postal Clerks sorted mail aboard specially retrofitted train cars. The Railway Mail Service revolutionized the way mail was processed and distributed for more than a century.

Posted: November 4, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

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Marilyn (Thorbahn) Loeser is a writer/editor for the Postal Service. Marilyn has been a journalist for more than 30 years and is currently a freelance feature writer specializing in travel. Her articles have appeared in major newspapers including the Boston Globe, Akron Beacon Journal and Chicago Sun-Times as well as regional travel magazines.

Her career with the Postal Service began in 1982 when she was hired as a rural carrier relief. After becoming a full time rural carrier, she began writing for postal publications including Postal Life and Memo to Mailers and wrote and produced a local newsletter for employees working in central and southeast Ohio. As a USPS Corporate Communications employee, she has served as a Communications Specialist in Columbus, OH, a Communications Program Specialist in New York, and is currently based in Philadelphia. She and her husband Mark live in New Jersey.

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