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Saints and Spinners: A simple gift (a giveaway)
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Monday, December 02, 2013. A simple gift (a giveaway). The giveway runs from now until midnight (PST) of Friday, December 6. I will choose two recipients at random and contact you to find out your snail mail addresses. This will need to be quick in terms of turnaround time- if I don't hear from you by Monday, December 9 (10am PST), I will choose another recipient. This giveway is open to residents of Earth (sorry, Mars colonists! One year when I was quite small, my father told me he saw an ice-skating sc...
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Saints and Spinners: Cradle Baby Giveaway Recipients
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Sunday, December 08, 2013. Cradle Baby Giveaway Recipients. Many thanks to all of you who shared your December holiday memories on this blog for the recent giveaway called A Simple Gift. The first recipient is Patty. In Texas, who wrote,. In Colorado ,. This is just lovely, as are all of your dolls! Patty and SadieBess, I hope your daughters enjoy their presents! My daughter is really excited to get her cradle baby! December 08, 2013 4:15 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a musical storyteller.
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Saints and Spinners: January Tidbits
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014. I have been having a great time at weekly music jam and board gaming sessions hosted by a good friend of mine. We started out playing ukuleles together, but now, she has the itch to play guitar, and is loving her lessons. (Her eight year old daughter recently brought out her own pink uke and asked, somewhat wistfully, "When will we play ukuleles again? Eric Herman has his first new video in three years! The song is How Big. Was previously a Halloween-themed witch). I decide...
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Saints and Spinners: Saints: A collection
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Friday, September 12, 2008. Father of Sacred Poetry). Legend with explanation of the Lantern Walk). Here you will find out why Vitus is the patron saint against oversleeping). A story of how the law of love superceded the Rule). Officially the patron of fisherman, unofficially, at least on this blog, the patron of potty-training). All posts having to do with saints may be found here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a musical storyteller. Full disclosure: I am neither a saint nor a textile-spinner.
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Saints and Spinners: The Waterboys' "Killing My Heart"
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Saturday, June 28, 2014. The Waterboys' "Killing My Heart". I am enjoying this 1998 video recording of the Waterboys' Killing My Heart. An alternate version of When Ye Go Away. Especially Anto Thistletwaite's slide mandolin work. I have a mandolin, and I have a slide, but am not yet ready to combine the two! Thanks to the Waterboys Appreciation Society. Tumblr for the link. Have a good Summer Farida :-). June 30, 2014 7:02 AM. Wow Who even knew there WAS a Waterboys Appreciation Society? I appreciate all...
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Saints and Spinners: Our family's letters from Father Christmas
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Monday, December 15, 2008. Our family's letters from Father Christmas. Three years ago, I wrote a post about how much I loved Letters from Father Christmas. The Father Christmas Letters. By JRR. Tolkien. You may read the post here. In the post, I alluded to the letters my mom wrote for my brothers and me, and later, our little cousin as well. My mom recently sent the original letters in a package to Lucia. I thought you might enjoy reading them. I've edited the letters for publication. I think this was t...
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Saints and Spinners: Musical Dolls
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Friday, September 26, 2014. Sometimes the purple hair is intentional, though. A month ago, I was tickled to get a custom order for a musician doll. The customer bought a rainbow queen, and sent some photos of her electric guitar playing fiance so that I could make a doll representing him on a wedding cake for a September wedding. This is the first time (that I know of) that my dolls have graced a cake top. Here are the bride and groom:. Need a tenor banjo? September 26, 2014 3:21 PM. The House of Glee.
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Saints and Spinners: Waiting for Saint Nicholas
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Monday, December 05, 2005. Waiting for Saint Nicholas. Footwear left to right: Bede, Brad, Lucia, Alkelda (as usual, Ulric has too much dignity for such an affair). We have put out our shoes and boots by the fireplace and hope for good things from Saint Nicholas. That they doted upon me, and I believe them, but many of my memories involve making people cross without understanding what I had done to upset them. St. Nicholas was someone who believed in my goodness. Wore It showed up in my stocking. Decembe...
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Saints and Spinners: Stitches and Songs between the Seasons
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Monday, September 16, 2013. Stitches and Songs between the Seasons. After many months of simply floating along, my Alkelda Dolls. Shop finally has offerings in the double-digits.In addition to listing some old favorites with new variations ( Rainbow Queen. I have the red leaf. Yellow Leaf, Milkweed Pod, Red Leaf Babies. Today, I am playing on the ukulele Fisherman's Blues. By the Waterboys. Here are the chords to the song: G, F, A minor, C. Repeat! September 16, 2013 4:47 PM. Jules: True, indeed. My ...
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Saints and Spinners: Frequently Asked Questions
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Monday, December 31, 2007. Here is a list of frequently asked questions and my answers culled from various posts:. 1) Why was "Alkelda the Gleeful" your blog name and what is "The House of Glee"? November 27, 2008 update: Here's. Why I stopped using "Alkelda" as a username. 2) Where did you get the name "Saints and Spinners" for your blog? Saints and Spinners” (not “Sinners” as is the common typo, though it's probably just as accurate! 3) How did you get into storytelling? Jules and Eisha interviewed me ...
