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[Whimsical music]
- Katrina Lord: I consider myself a cheerful person.
I think that my hobby alone kinda shows that.
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My name is Katrina Lord
and I created Milwaukee Love Letters.
Milwaukee Love Letters is a project where
I create little notes to stash around town.
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I create the love letters in my spare time.
It's a hobby.
And what I do is find quotes that inspire me:
positive quotes, sometimes silly quotes; I like those, too.
And then I write them on a postcard,
and then I decorate it.
Write a little message from anonymously MKE Love Letter.
And then I put it in the envelope,
stash it away somewhere in the city for someone to find.
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[Footsteps] C'mon, Emmie.
I leave the love letters around little free libraries
as I'm walking my dog around town.
We go on lots of walks.
And then, at coffee shops
or Milwaukee Public Market is another place
that I'll stash them around.
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So I have an Instagram account, MKE Love Letter,
that I post the pictures of the cards after I make 'em.
And then, sometimes after people find the letters,
they'll write on the comments section that they found it.
Or they'll send me a direct message on Instagram,
just letting me know that it brightened their day.
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[Shutter clicks]
"Try to be rainbows in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelou.
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It's just a fun hobby.
Simple as that.
I make one person smile, maybe they can make more people smile
and I think that, in itself, is priceless.
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