Current postcards hanging on the “string of honor” – (also stereo speaker cable) filled up so needs to be archived into dossier soon / It’s an incredibly pleasurable experience curating and archiving but also just receiving and enjoying.
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Amongst postcards rec’d:
This one of – now mysteriously towed to open water and sunk – legendary floating restaurant “Jumbo” in Hong Kong.
I wonder if the sender knows of the important life lessons I learned at this very place (when it was floating of course)? #trust #crash
Since I’m here:
A postcard received from Gifu, Japan depicting a drive-in theater in Vernon, BC, Canada (with notes on the back with which movies were viewed there in decades past)
The name “Skyway” reminds me of a wonderful song by The Replacements
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A beautiful card and letter with poetic flourish and a stunning Portugal street-car / tram, in reflection.
Came from an obvious sweet soul – another Artist dealing with the same absurd medical conundrum as me and millions other #MECFS
We connected through art (I won his collage in a fundraiser auction) and have sparked a correspondence – using Portuguese and English via machine translation – to share encouragement, grief, inspiration, frustration and of course, creativity across oceans and continents.
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Mailed a bundle of six postcards to Quebec, Utah, BC, New Jersey, Virginia Beach something something.
Somehow I didn’t take a photo so you’re going to have to believe me.
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