Postcard by Azul Tellez
Along with just about everything in all of our lives, Covid-19 put a major crimp in the member-to-member engagement that makes our organization special. With summer socials and World Cafes off the table, the membership team at ninety-nine girlfriends wanted to find a way for members to feel connected that didn’t involve screens. The Postcard Project was the result, where team members hand-illustrated blank postcards to send to one another. Take a look .
There were drawings, such as Heidi’s Yewman’s poignant sketch of two faceless humans in an embrace. The caption read, “I miss hugging.” Lan Fenders sent three pictures of the smiliest dog you have ever seen. In “Things I’ve Learned To Do or Started Doing During Quarantine,” Amy Vargas revealed that she now cuts the hair of everyone in her family, grooms the dog, colors her own hair and is taking an online meditation class. My own postcard depicted the Eiffel Tower, along with a plaintive note (en francais) about how much I miss traveling. Nancy Johnson designed the postcards and assembled a slideshow of the whole project. Vaune Kemp donated the printing. For anyone who wishes she could have been part of this, girlfriend Kaye Gardner O’Kearny (klokearny@gmail.com) has volunteered to coordinate an expanded postcard project.
— Grayson Dempsey
Postcard by Nancy Johnson
Postcard by Grayson Dempsey