Hello! My name is Jamie. I am looking for long-term snail mail friends from other countries who write frequently to learn about other cultures and traditions. I believe that by learning our similarities​, we can overcome our differences.​ I like to exchange postcards and would prefer to hear from animal and book lovers in other countries. I  have several pets, and because of my love for animals, I am a vegetarian.

I WILL NOT RESPOND TO ANYONE LOOKING FOR MONEY OR ROMANCE. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.

Reading, writing poetry, all animals, nature, travel, photography,​ color, words, music, thunderstorm​s, browsing at bookstores, collecting postcards & Hello Kitty items, sandalwood incense, frappuccino,​ gardening, birdwatching​, Asian and Native American culture, kanji, Eastern philosophies​, making jewelry, playing mah jongg (on computer), sudoku, geneology, movies, the unexplained.​..

If I were stranded on a deserted island I would have to have Dave Matthews, Prince and Led Zeppelin, but I also like Muse, Linkin Park, Natasha Bedingfield,​ Tracy Chapman,  James Taylor, 80's music, classic rock and blues. I also like world music such as the koto, Celtic music, Native American flute (Carlos Nakai), Joanne Shenandoah, bagpipes, Peter Kater(piano)​, Japanese taiko drums (Kodo)--and much, much more!!

Life is Beautiful, Moulin Rouge, The Lion King, The Last Samurai, Elizabeth, Shakespeare in Love, The Children of Heaven, Contact, House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower,The Man, Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas.

Ghost Hunters, Friends, My Name is Earl, Criminal Minds, documentarie​s, nature and travel shows.

Walking on the Wind, Tales of a Female Nomad, The Shadow of the Wind, The Geography of Bliss, Woodswoman, Blue Latitudes, A Thousand Splendid Suns, A Walk in the Woods, Eat Pray Love,  poetry(espec​ially Marge Piercy), mostly non-fiction cultural studies and travel journals, and I can't leave out Dr. Seuss!

Be the change that you want to see in the world.~Ghand​i
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine