Peat and Repeat – Now Serving: Independent Weekly
Snail mail is sexy
I recently discovered Peat and Repeat, recycled handmade postcards by Durham resident Jess Kemp. What does sexy snail mail have to do with food? Kemp uses old cereal boxes and other food packaging to create one-of-a-kind, meaningful mail art. They are perfect for your loved ones and lovers, and maybe even a frenemy or two. Read the column for more.
Peat and Repeat’s designs typically include beautiful messages, many by Persian poet Hafiz. I found one poem particularly alluring and powerful:
Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.
Hafiz
Happy day. Love yourself, love others, today and always <3
