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I’m the queen of catch-up so Happy belated Birthday. I hope you had a wonderful time; it sounds lovely. I love that you made a list for it 💕 - productive and soul soothing. I love that!!

Lists are great, although my lists are never pleasure-lists, more like “do these things or fail at your day” lists 😆

I do make lists of places I want to go occasionally although I’m trying to intentionally be present in now so am curbing those dreamy notions somewhat. Thankyou for your poetry postcards, I do appreciate the time taken for each, and love getting happy mail! 📫🧡

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YOU are never late! I really do think that we find things when we need them.

And I keep my lists on post-it notes just so I can confine "all I need to do." Plus I really like throwing them away when the list is complete!

It's always a happy day when mail arrives from you. We love seeing the king on your stamps!

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Sep 28Liked by Kortney Garrison

That first paragraph made me really emotional. Thank you. That’s been a lot of years. — I hope you had a fantastic birthday, and I love how you approached a long project leading up to your birthday as well as a to-do list for the birthday. Have you written about your poetry postcards? That sounds like a wonderful project. Here’s to a good new year!

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Thank you for the good wishes and for sharing your work with the world, Amy. It's deepened my creative practice and made my world a little brighter.

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We make lists when we travel to a place: places to eat, sights to see, bookshops to visit.

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Oh I love this! Though the bookstore list might be a bit dangerous with my crew!

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Sep 27Liked by Kortney Garrison

Kortney, I love your birthday list idea. I am a list loving person! I did a pocket retreat on my birthday--and guess where that idea came from---YOU! It was so fun. Now, I've got to figure out what POETRY POSTCARDS are...that sounds like something I'd love! Happy birthay.

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And a pocket retreat! I would love to know more about what you did and how you marked your time as retreat time.

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Sep 28·edited Sep 28Author

You would love Poetry Postcards, Lorrie! I wrote more about them right here (and added a link in the post too!): https://www.kortneygarrison.com/2019/11/29/postcard-poems/

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