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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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  • Hail to the Day / Hail to Day’s Sons / Hail to the Night and her Daughters / With loving eyes look upon us here / And bring victory to those who have gathered / Hail to the gods / Hail to the goddesses / Hail to the mighty, fecund Earth / Eloquence and native wit bestow on us / And healing hands while we live

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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Halloween Snippet

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I had intended to finish this girl before Halloween, as a gift to one of the granddaughters (I'm not saying which one, since now I have a giant head start on next year)—however, we both got the flu and I didn't finish her until today. She's made from Julie McCullough's Snippets pattern, which is fast becoming one of my favorites. It reminds me of the Betsy McCall doll I had as a child. All the fabric and beads came from The Stash, as did the Icelandic wool for her hair. (I bought it from Cloth Doll Supply last year when they had a sale, knowing that I'd use it for something sometime . . . )

The challenge now is, of course, to stow her somewhere safe but findable until next year.

Posted at 05:31 PM in dolls, made and otherwise, finished projects!, things made from fabric |

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Kai

She's AMAZING! I love Julie's patterns, too! Sadly, my lack of sewing skills keeps me from doing more than ADMIRING them! LOL! But you have done a wonderful job with her Snippets pattern & I am nuts about the colors & fabrics you used, PLUS the cool hair!

Posted by: Kai | Wednesday, 11 November 2009 at 10:49 AM

Pam Snow

I love her. My problem wouldn't be finding a safe place to store her. It would be remembering where that safe place was next Halloween.

I've been on a five week vacation and am catching up on my blogging. Love reading your blog.

Posted by: Pam Snow | Saturday, 14 November 2009 at 09:51 PM

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