Alaskan in Philippines 50!

(What I did this spring!)

Reflections on Postcard #50:

As I was about to depart from Anchorage, Alaska, in early December 2022, my friend Brigette Humphrey said: Be sure and send a postcard when you get there!

She has been a true friend friend during a difficult time in my life.

Once in Philippines I looked at a number of places for old-fashioned postcards, and then realized it was futile. Even if I could find a suitable postcard, and could go to a post office and mail it, what would I say that mattered? This antiquated means of letting people know you have reached your destination and thought enough to scribble some words on a open forum card seemed so…inadequate.

But the post card theme is authentic. It is simple, with a message that takes one minute to read, and might be saved in a special place in the computer if you might want to read it again.

Succinct messages of discovery!

It took a while, but after some weeks I was finally able to establish this Substack Platform (http://DonnListon907.substsck.com) to publish stories of my Asian discoveries AND initiate Postcards from Philippines-not only for Brigette, but for all my readers in Alaska and Asia. It required setting up the templates for each postcard face-one side with photo and one with dialog and a variety of stamps-and a system for organizing everything so I can do it efficiently time after time.

In addition to multiple stories from Philippines, I have continued to produce Alaska stories on my primary website: http://DonnListon.co

Each Postcard from Philippines takes 1<2+ hours to produce. 50 Postcard from Philippines postings since early December has been a deliberative process from the best of the photos I have taken over December, January, February, and March.

I appreciate everyone who has continued to work with me to assure this Instructional Conservative Forum speaks truth to power. I have experienced some disappointments in Alaskans I thought were my friends when I left but that is nothing new.

Alaska looks differently from here. Everything I see is a possible postcard home.

Production rate has been about 12 postcards per month, posted M-W-F on most weeks. This being mid-July, I still need to produce postcards for April, May, June to catch up, and as many additional months as I am blessed to remain here.

Anyone in Philippines who is looking to visit Alaska should consider Brigette’s business as a wonderful place to stay.

50 Postcards from Philippines is what we in Alaska might call a Milepost. I enjoy doing them and the fact nobody has criticized them means at least I am not offending anyone. The postcards represent an accumulation of discoveries I hope my readers will enjoy.

If you would like to review previous Postcards from Philippines produced over winter, you can begin here:

Best,
DONN