My name is Kathryn Harper. I'm a purple-haired 60-something woman who loves reading, making art, and spreading kindness. I recently returned to Swap-bot after a 9-year break, because I'm longing to slow down, create, and connect again. This is a wonderful place to do that.

UPDATE 3/27/26: This week I received a breast cancer diagnosis, so my life is about to change dramatically. I plan to follow through on my swaps in a timely manner. I'm sharing so recipients have some context and might offer grace if I am ever late. I will communicate as efficiently as possible if I think that will be the case.

IN PROGRESS

A: abstract art, acrylics, assemblage, alternative music, acorn caps, ATC

B: Buddha/buddhism, blogging, biographies, books, book pages, blues music, buttons, beach glass, bones, bookmarks

C: camping, colors, collage, Christmas, chocolate, coziness, coffee, cityscapes

D:

E: ephemera of all kinds

F: forests, folk music, feathers, feminine divine, feminism

G: green (all shades!)

H: historical fiction, history,

I:

J:

K:

L: libraries, letters, light, lakes, leaves, landscapes, leaves

M: memoir, mindfulness, mountains, moon

N: non-fiction reads, nostalgia, national parks, new age music

O: ocean

P: photography, poetry, pretty paper, postcards, postage stamps, purple

R: reading, rivers

S: SoulCollage, science, shells,

T: trip-hop music, tea, trees

V:

W: watercolor, washi tape, writing, world music, walks, waterscapes

X:

Y: Yuletide

Z: Zentangle

• Papers of all colors, prints, and textures
• Postcards
• Letters: newsy letters that tell me about your life, what you are reading, what you notice and appreciate around you
• Embellishments, ephemera, & stickers
• Buttons, beach glass
• Natural items like shells, acorn caps, dried flowers, leaves, seeds, bones, feathers
• ATCs and Zentangle art
• Bookmarks: handmade or store bought
• Images: moon, Buddha, feminine divine, animals, trees, natural places
• Dark chocolate, including sea salt, caramel, chili pepper, mint; I like white chocolate in small amounts
• Beverages: coffee, black teas, Starbucks/Peets gift cards

• Loose glitter
• Opera, country, heavy metal music
• Horror genre (t.v., books, movies)
• Makeup, Nail polish/gels
• Fundamentalism
• Precious Moments anything
• Reward stickers, kiddie stickers