When I lived in Oakland, I struggled to find the kinds of friends and community I had in New Orleans. But sometimes I would find something sweet that reminded me of my favorite city.

Tucked into a lot not too far from my house in West Oakland was a small urban farm. They started in a garden just two blocks behind my house. I walked over on the weekends to buy produce and small bouquets of flowers. They also helped residents build raised planter boxes, way before the pandemic.

For this card I also used an illustration from @solweiss and a quote from Walter Peyton, because we share a birthday (thank you 80’s newspaper for that information years ago). When I discovered that this former Chicago Bear’s nickname was “sweetness”, well, how could I resist?

Letterpress printed with polymer plates on @frenchpaperco on a borrowed Heidelberg Windmill Letterpress.

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