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Words to Consider

  • "They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles." —Eugene Victor Debs
  • "When we talk about helping the poor, we're called Christians. When we actually help the poor, we're called Socialists." —Rev. Jim Rigby
  • There must be more to life than having everything. -Maurice Sendak
  • The first revolutionary act is to call things by their true names, said Rosa Luxemburg.
  • When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. —Tecumseh
  • i do it for the joy it brings / because i am a joyful girl / because the world owes me nothing / and we owe each other the world / i do it because it's the least i can do / i do it because i learned it from you / i do it just because i want to / because I want to —"Joyful Girl", Ani DiFranco
  • "Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life." - Elizabeth Goudge, author of The Joy of the Snow
  • "There is nothing I can give you, which you have not; But there is much, very much, that while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within reach, is joy. There is a radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see we have only to look. I beseech you to look. Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me that angel's hand is there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Our joys too: be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts. And so, at this time, I greet you. Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away. " (Fra Giovanni 1513 A.D.)

Art Dolls

  • Valentine Snipped
    My imaginary friends.

Artist Trading Cards

  • Feather
    A sampling of my ATCs. Some available for trade, as noted.

Beadwork

  • DST Pin
    Mostly pins, with some other oddments.

HookWork

  • Seaman's Scarf II
    Crochet of one sort and another . . .

Journal Quilts

  • Bubba's Quilt
    8.5" x 11", approximately, quilts to explore various ideas.

Paper Dolls

  • Pashmina, A Lady from the Mysterious East
    Second childhood? Not quite . . .

Books, 2010

  • Dies the Fire, By S.M. Stirling
  • Ride with Me, Mariah Montana, by Ivan Doig
  • Matilda Bone, by Karen Cushman
  • The Love Children, by Marilyn French
  • The City & The City, by China Mieville
  • The Zookeeper's Wife, by Diane Ackerman
  • The Tale of Briar Bank, by Susan Wittig Albert
  • The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood, by Susan Wittig Albert
  • The Tale of Holly How, by Susan Wittig Albert
  • The Tale of Hawthorn House, by Susan Wittig Albert
  • The Tale of Applebeck Orchard, by Susan Wittig Albert
  • The Tale of Hilltop Farm, by Susan Wittig Albert

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