Remember the project I did with my friend Kate? I made the project into a book, From Here to There. Kate let the project simmer and it came to represent for her, more than anything else, our friendship. She’s produced the entire series of photographs as a set of 42 heavyweight postcards, Dear Friend, and they’re available for sale in her Photography Shop.

Just in time for holiday gift-giving.

There is an ease in a really good friendship marked by give-and-take, mutual respect, and the commitment to keep getting to know one another. The year long project, based on the simple act of correspondence, became a grounding force for us both. We’ve continued our friendship long past the end of the project—even though Kate moved from Virginia to Georgia!

I can’t wait to get my set of postcards! And I’m buying extra sets for the dear friends in my life.

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Sharing a photo here that didn’t make the cut as one of my responses to Kate, but still makes me smile.

That’s my Dad and me, feeding the seagulls on our family vacation to Miami, Florida in January 1967.