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  • I bind myself today to the Holy Powers: Their hands to guide me, Their wisdom to teach me, Their ears to hear me, Their words to give me speech, my heart always to love Them. —Galina Krasskova
  • "Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.” ~Francis of Assisi
  • Tikkun Olam (roughly translated, I understand, as Heal the World)
    “It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.” –Rabbi Tarfon.
  • "And the Bastard grant us, in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of the axle, the feather at the pivot point, the pebble at the mountain's peak, the kiss in despair, the one right word. In darkness, understanding." -- Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • "There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious-makes you so sick at heart-that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!" - Mario Savio
  • "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
  • 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

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Friday, 20 April 2007

Bears, Bears . . .

020Aren't these wonderful? My friend Jo-Anne in Canada knits them for kids world-wide . . . these particular bears are bound for an orphan's home in Uganda, but many of them remain closer to home. She uses odds and ends of yarn, all kinds. (These were made from some variegated acrylic I sent her back around Christmas. This many bears already!)

If you have any bits of unwanted yarn lying around (wool, acrylic, whatever; any weight is fine), she'd love to have it. Her email is fourgump at sympatico dot ca; I've been assured that she'll be happy to give you further details.

Now, wouldn't it be nice to think of your leftover yarn doing something good out in the world?

Posted at 09:47 AM in giving, knitting |

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Kai

These are darling & for a good cause as well! Next time I have extra pennies, I am going to email her & see about sending her yarn! Thanks for showing us her bears! (And isn't this Friday? Tell Eliza Kai says to send YOU to time out for Kitty Neglect on your blog! Bwahahahahahaha ... sorry. I miss your kitty people!)

Posted by: Kai | Friday, 20 April 2007 at 02:22 PM

Tonniece

How wonderful are these. I love that she's doing such a great thing. I too will try to gather up something to send to her.
I know I have some around here.

Posted by: Tonniece | Saturday, 21 April 2007 at 01:26 PM

Dianne

What a sweetheart she is and I will for sure send her wool and since she lives in Canada, I can afford to send her same anytime, I can get it at the charity shop for a few cents...

Posted by: Dianne | Sunday, 22 April 2007 at 10:03 PM

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