{$100+ patrons) Well…it took two years, but. (Patreon)

Hello my upper-tier loves.

Well - it took a moment, didn’t it.

After moving back and forth between New Zealand and America twice, I finally took a couple days to dedicate to you and writing the postcards that I bought on Waiheke island over a year and a half ago. It took that long.

You know me. No guilt. I do what I do when I can do. It’s why the postcards aren’t promised at exact 9 month intervals. Oh, hell no.

But as usual, writing these cards didn’t feel like a chore. I always wait til it feels like a joy again.

Over two weekend days two weeks apart, I sat on my couch, I splayed by the fireplace, I took some to a coffeeshop, and all in all I wrote different messages of thanks and gratitude to all 35 or so of you.

The cards went to Canada, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Austria…and allll over the USA.

I had to go to two different post offices to find some international stamps.

It was fun.

Some of you are new, some of you have been here since 2015.

The overall feeling of thankfulness in my heart - for all of you - is immense.

I really spent those two days postcard-writing deeply contemplating what it meant that this money - your money, your patronage, your support - made my time in New Zealand possible.

Made my life possible.

Made my son Ash’s life easier.

Made it so I didn’t have to hustle bad, soul-sucking gigs in desperation. I don’t know if I can explain the extent of how much the patronage helped me survive the pandemic. But it concretely did, and this tier is a huge chunk of the patreon - about 10% of it.

It’s real. It really made my life work.

I hope my little postcard-gesture back at all of you find you all well, navigating this shitshow of a world as best you can, and …. I just love you all.

I am also praying, now that I am home and finding my footing a little, slowly, that I can host a little $100 patron dinner or lunch at my house in Woodstock NY - promised so long ago before Covid ate the world. This spring or summer ….? Who could come …?

Tell me.

I appreciate you all so much.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Say hi in the comments will ya? And maybe let me know if and when you get your cards.

xxx

A

ps. reminder: the shows coming up in Tacoma, Boston, Poughkeepsie and now Vancouver are open to you if you want guest list. Just let Michael/me know (michael@amandapalmer.net, a@amandapalmer.net)

Gig schedule: https://amandapalmer.net/events/Vancouver is April 19 @ the Vogue - glitches, it’s not up there yet.

Reading comments for that, too.