Lindabai

In September 2022 I lost my home and most of my belongings when Hurricane Ian tore through Fort Myers, Florida bringing flood waters into my cottage near the Caloosahatchee River. Fortunately I had evacuated to a higher elevation so I was safe. I had been planning to reduce my possessions and become more "portable," but I did not expect to do so in such a disastrous way!

I was a displaced person, living with friends in Tallahassee for half a year, in northern Florida, where winters are a lot colder than the sub-tropical climate I was accustomed to in South Florida. Now I have resettled in Gainesville, Florida, a college town with the feel of "old Florida." I am enjoying exploring the area and look forward to embarking on some new adventures.

Travel & adventure have been a big part of my life. I love exploring other cultures & discovering different ways of looking at the world. I lived in India for several years working with a snake catcher; traveled with Ringling Brothers Circus (living on the train); lived on a sailboat in the Bahamas & Caribbean for 5 years. I was formerly a free lance travel writer & still do occasional articles. Writing & photography have always been my creative outlets, but more recently I've been making collage & mixed-media postcards to exchange with mail artists around the world. I love tree houses, hammocks, messing about in boats, islands, jungles & rainforests. Nature in general is where I often find nourishment, peace, and inspiration in this chaotic world.

MY POSTCARD PREFERENCES
* I prefer NOT to get touristy cards, but I understand they may be the only kind available to you.
I particularly do NOT like multi-view cards.

*Whimsical, artsy, off-beat, quirky cards are what really please me. Some Ideas:
*Inge Löök's old ladies
*Black and white photography, especially by Robert Doisneau
*Hand made cards with your art or photographs
*Graffiti & street art
*Match-box cover art
*Cards featuring hands or eyes
*Gypsies
*3-D (Lenticular) cards
*Great graphics
* Weird science
* Vintage Educational charts
*Art cards (I prefer contemporary & 20th & 21st century artists. Surrealism, Collage, Asian art & Latin American art are also favorites.)
* Kaj Stenvall
* Frida Kahlo
*Valentin Gubarev
*Tin Tin
*Charlie Chaplin
*Colorful, interesting postage stamps on the .postcards
*Surprise me!
*Please, postcards only, no folded note cards.

Check out my favorites on my Wall of Postcards to see the kinds of cards I like. Duplicates are fine.

But of course any card you send will be welcome - and I hope you will tell me something about yourself, your life, your dreams. I look forward to hearing from you.