Nothing to report? The postcard of a perfectly ordinary week
Published on 12 October 2026 · 3 min read
You'd like to send a card to your sister in Lyon, or to that friend who moved to Nantes. You open your phone, and: nothing. No trip, no baby, no new flat. Just a week in October with work, the food shop and the rain. Good news: that's exactly what they want to read. The big news reaches them by phone anyway. What they miss is your everyday life. Here are four ways to turn it into a postcard.
Tell one moment, not the whole week
"Nothing special, all good here" sums up seven days and says nothing. Pick ten minutes instead. "On Tuesday I missed my bus and walked home in the rain, with a baguette that didn't make it." "Last night we had the first pumpkin soup of the year, and Leo went back for thirds." One tiny moment, with a day and a detail, and they can see you as if they were there.
Give news of the things they know
They know your kitchen, your cat, your neighbour who gets the drill out on Sunday mornings. Give them the next episode. "The fig tree you gave me has produced its first two figs." "The neighbour finally repainted her shutters. Green. You were right." "The cat has moved into the box the new vacuum cleaner came in." To you it's nothing. To someone who lives far away, it's proof they still belong to the household.
Start from what made you think of them
In an ordinary week there is almost always one second when someone crossed your mind. A song on the radio, the smell of a cake in the oven, a man on the train with exactly their laugh. Write that second down. "They played your favourite song at the bakery and I could see you singing in the car." It's the simplest line there is, and often the one that lands best: it says "I'm thinking of you" without having to spell it out.
Choose a photo that's just as ordinary
You don't need a sunset. The breakfast table, the boots in the hallway, the dog on the sofa he isn't allowed on, the view from your window on a foggy morning. These are the photos nobody ever sends, and yet they're the ones people look at longest, because they go hunting for details: the new tablecloth, the drawing on the fridge, how much the little one has grown.
An everyday card doesn't need an occasion, which is exactly why it's such a nice surprise: nobody was expecting it. With UnCoucou you pick your photo and write your message from your phone, we print your card on thick premium paper and hand it to La Poste for you, to any address in France or Monaco, from €2.49 per card, stamp included. Nothing happened this week? Perfect. Write about that.