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Getting mail is my favorite thing :)

I am recently retired from the U.S Postal Service in Northern California. 34 proud years! I'm now trying to figure out civilian life and am having a great time :)

I love camping, playing on the beach, gardening (I'm obsessed with succulents), anything related to the great outdoors. Reading and listening to music, sometimes at the same time. Cos-playing at Comic-Cons with my daughter and granddaughters.

I have two wonderful grown girls and four beautiful grand daughters, Ava, Ellie Blue, Camille & Elara.

I recently lost my Whippets, Qi & Conan. They were 14 and 15 years old and had wonderful pampered lives. I have a hole in my heart :(
8/23 We got a kitten!!! We named her Ripley because she's a little badass. She's living up to her name on a daily basis. I love her so much♥

I think Yosemite, Switzerland, Alaska and Hawaii are all heaven on earth.

I love classical turned up really loud on long road trips by myself. Bizet, Liszt, Dvorak

I love funk and jazz while I'm cleaning house and working in my little garden. Tower of Power, Edger Winter, Jaco Pastorius

I love rock and roll all the time. Rush, Yes, Van Halen, David Bowie, Queen.

I like mysteries. Alfred Hitchcock, Ellery Queen, Edward D. Hoch

I like science fiction. Gardner Dozois, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ernest Cline, John Scalzi.

I like fantasy. Tanith Lee, Roger Zelazny, Marion Zimmer Bradley

I am listening to Scalzi's Old Man's War series of books on Audible. Fantastic!!

Don't get to see a lot of movies but favor sci-fi/fantasy and comedies. Most musicals. A good action flick once in the while.

Blade Runner, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Alien, The Fifth Element, Total Recall, Labyrinth, Guardians of the Galaxy

When Harry Met Sally, Coming To America, Young Einstein, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, all the Monty Python

My Fair Lady, Rocky Horror Picture Show, West Side Story, Nightmare Before Christmas, Newsies, HAIR, Little Shop of Horrors

Road Warrior, Die Hard, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, The Bourne series

I don't watch a lot of television because I'm an outdoors fan but I'm a sucker for the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel.

Star Trek Discovery, Picard, Strange New World, Doctor Who, The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi

Love watching cycling, Men's tennis, Westminster/Crufts and what little surfing is out there.

I'm not a major crafty type but I'm good on the sewing machine (thanks Mom) and make things I can't always get my hands on. June is the madness of costume making for Comic Con San Diego in our house. My daughter and I keep telling ourselves that we do our best work under pressure:)

Postcards~Strong Black Coffee~Sighthounds~Purple Roses~Local Music Concerts~Italian Food~Sea Turtles~Japanese Art~Clove And Cinnamon Scented Anything~Beach Combing~Chocolate Cake~Frogs~Being A Grandma~Tea With Honey~Lomonosov China~Black Panthers~Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans~Sticky Notes~Visiting Zoos~PostCrossing.com~Cheese~Squished Pennies~Dragonflies~Nice People~Yosemite~Plumeria Scented Lotion~Succulents~Getting Mail!!

I'm glad this list is small :)

White Chocolate~People Who Don't Use Their Turn Indicators~Modern Art~Black Licorice~Shabby Chic~Patchouli~Kawaii~FLAKERS :(

I'm an obsessive postcard collector. My kids say I have a problem but I just tell them that it's job security :) I prefer my cards written on and stamped.

Any beautiful landscape, Mountains, Forests, Meadows, Savannas, Gardens, Seascapes

The Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights, Midnight Suns

Alaska, Hawaii, Switzerland

Whippet Dogs/Sighthounds, Horses, Big Cats/Lions/Tigers/Panthers, Sea Turtles/Sea Horses, Dragonflies, Birds of Prey

Surfable Waves, Cycling

Anything Post Office/Mail Related

Anything in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy realm

For blank postcard swaps I love any California cards, USA cards, native USA animals or flora, cars of any type. I've been Postcrossing for 15+ years and like a large variety for that.

To make things clear I don't like handmade postcards. I do appreciate the time and talent some people put into them but I've been burned bad by what people call art. A cut out newspaper comic or a piece of wallpaper is not a postcard to me. I also don't want third party postcards. Giving my name and address to some random company makes me feel like I have no control over who has my information. I prefer to make my own decision on who has that. I collect store bought postcards and try not to sign up for swaps that allow homemade or third party cards. Please save those cards for people who really want them! Thanks!!