michefish

Hello! I live in Chicago, Illinois in the USA. I grew up in sunny California! I love reading, calligraphy and hand lettering, cooking, sunshine, large bodies of water, writing letters and making cards, traveling (I've been to Mexico, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Egypt, and South Korea so far), watching live music, hiking and the outdoors, ice cream, and floppy-eared dogs — especially beagles, basset hounds, and dachshunds. I will be receiving my Masters degree in Counseling and Student Affairs in June -- graduate school is finally done!!

Spring/Summer 2024 Update: My partner and I have a garden plot for the first time in our neighborhood community garden! Do you have any gardening tips? Must-knows or best practices? I'd love to hear them.

I love sending and receiving mail of all types, and I especially love postcards. Postcrossing is my favorite hobby.

I love:
+ vintage & old postcards (the older the better)
+ postcards with your home language with fun phrases or quotes
+ typography, letterpress, screenprinting, letters, numbers, or symbols
+ really silly postcards, or strange/weird/obscure cards
+ anything with trees or mountains
+ flowers, and fields of flowers
+ National parks & landmarks
+ space/astronauts/planets/stars
+ postcards with artwork and illustration
+ staircases
+ old movie posters
+ hedgehogs, foxes, owls, peacocks
and really any kind of postcard! I will be so happy to have anything find my mailbox and make it a happy mailbox day.

My biggest question for anyone I meet from another country, or anyone who speaks more than one language: In which language do you dream?