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Re: Welcomes and Introductions! [message #875 is a reply to message #873 ] Mon, 13 October 2008 20:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Susan from Athens wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 20:35




Oh but dear Black Bear, there are so many other things you can knit: scarves, sweaters, doilies... (I can imagine your face with the last one).


Hmm, yes, and antimacassars and snoods while I'm at it. Smile

Scarves are another favorite gift from my knitting friends, and several of them have mastered the Fingerless Glove of late. Sweaters I'm not touching, my mom does sweaters and it takes her a year to finish one of those beasts. No no, I shall stick to my painting and leatherworking and other various and sundry pursuits, and leave the knitting to y'all.

"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.
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Susan from Athens wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 20:35


(I think I am beginning to take after Jodi).


I'm sure there are far worse people to emulate! Wink

[Updated on: Mon, 13 October 2008 20:53]

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Re: Welcomes and Introductions! [message #883 is a reply to message #91 ] Mon, 13 October 2008 21:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi all,

I'm ChrisW. I'm a biology professor and a professional belly dancer. Yes, my life is ruled by randomness. ;o)

I discovered Robin's books in grade school. I just introduced them to my mother last year. She's now hooked.

Cheers,
ChrisW

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Re: Welcomes and Introductions! [message #884 is a reply to message #91 ] Mon, 13 October 2008 22:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hi everybody!
Julia here. Finally.
Let's see. What can I tell you all about myself?
I am nineteen. A sophomore in college. I have loved books and reading for as long as I can remember. And though I can't put an exact year to when I first began reading Robin's books, I know it was early middle school years at the very latest. Probably fifth grade. Maybe sixth.
I stumbled across the blog sometime in October of last year, and have been around ever since.
I smile a lot. And enjoy being happy. I wish that there were more hours in the day, and that I spent fewer hours on homework.
But whatever.
*waves madly at everyone, then falls down.*
[p.s. one more thing about me--I fall down A LOT.]
heehee.
Oh! And I have worked at the library in my town at home since September of my freshman year of high school. I love it there. And this past Saturday [the 11th] was 100 years to the day since Mark Twain [YES, MARK TWAIN] founded the library.
I think that it is pretty cool.
So yeah, that's me.
Hello, all!
Hugs and/or smiles all around.
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What is the difference between a member and a junior member? Please note: my avatar is a cat (red Abyssinian)and we all know about cats and curiosity.
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Re: Welcomes and Introductions! [message #886 is a reply to message #844 ] Mon, 13 October 2008 22:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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jmeadows wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 18:30

Charismitaine wrote on Sun, 12 October 2008 15:06


Now I love knitting and I don't know how I was living without it (my Ravelry name is Charismitaine). I'm actually dying to learn to spin as well, but I have no drop spindle and no one to learn from, so that's on hold--I just look longingly at spinning websites for now.


Daah-link! I added you to my Rav friends - I'm unicornwarlord - and if you want to learn to spin...

I have some videos for you. Just call me your enabler. I can also show you a few inexpensive drop spindles and places to buy fiber, if you don't mind ordering online. Wink


Hurray! An enabler is just what I need--let's be best friends! XD

And now that I'm working, I'll finally be able to order some things, so the timing is perfect--I've been avoiding going to my Local Yarn Shop (although I found it online and mapped out the route Smile because I knew it would drive me crazy to set foot in a yarn store without money to spend.

I've friended you back on Ravelry--will you be my spinning sensei?
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Julia wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 22:06

Hi everybody!
Julia here. Finally.


Ah hah! I was wondering where you were. Glad you made it!

Smooshes!
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Charismitaine wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 22:08


I've friended you back on Ravelry--will you be my spinning sensei?


I will! *loff!* I'll PM you with some links. Very Happy

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jmeadows wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 22:19

Julia wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 22:06

Hi everybody!
Julia here. Finally.


Ah hah! I was wondering where you were. Glad you made it!


I know, I know.
But I went home on Wednesday night. Home, where the cable [and thus internet access] was down until late on Friday night, which is when I joined. Then I wasn't approved, so I couldn't post. And then I was at the library for the centennial celebration. In my 1908 dress. Which was exciting. But it is hard to get on the computer when I am at home...
And then Sunday my Grandma and my aunt came down from MA for my sister's birthday [which is today.] and we went apple picking. But then I had to get in the car to get back to school for a rehearsal that didn't get out till after midnight. And then I had papers to write.
...

see. I have an excuse.
Sort of.

Anyway. Thanks for the welcome!
Smile
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libbydodd wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 22:07

What is the difference between a member and a junior member? Please note: my avatar is a cat (red Abyssinian)and we all know about cats and curiosity.


It's just an indication of how much you've posted. You'll graduate automatically to a member when you've posted a certain number of messages.
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Hi! I'm Maya. I live in Michigan. I am one of the minority of science-y people here; I have a degree in biology (hi ChrisW and ShadowKorin!) and am currently in medical school. I love blood and guts in real life but not so much in books-- they don't gross me out, but really, what's the point? If it's in a story I can't fix it. (I like fixing things.)

Okay, tangent done! Nothing else about me is really remarkable here: I'm a mild fiber-fan, in the forms of embroidery, sewing, and crochet, and have dabbled in various other crafts over the years. My mother is the real gardener in our family, but I try to help out when I can. I read more than is good for me and have vague ambitions at fiction-writing, but no time for either of those. (Any horror stories you have heard of medical school are TRUE.)
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Hi all,

I'm ChrisW. I'm a biology professor and a professional belly dancer. Yes, my life is ruled by randomness. ;o)

Cheers,
ChrisW


Hey Chris

Im an amateur bellydancer - had lessons for 4+ years and performed in several shows (of differing sizes)

Our last show I took photos in the first half and danced second half and here are the pix:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebluerose/sets/72157608005173 468/

Nice to meet another dancer. Im all about the bling Smile
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Hi! I'm Maya. I live in Michigan. I am one of the minority of science-y people here; I have a degree in biology (hi ChrisW and ShadowKorin!) and am currently in medical school. *snip*


I didnt mention it, but I have a tertiary qualification in Food Science, and I worked in a Micro lab at a cheese factory for 6 years (and did time in Chemistry for a while as well)

I can be *very* boring on the topic of cheese and cheesemaking.
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Actually, due to the diaspora of the Jews from the time of the Babylonian Captivity, and the fact that so many of them didn't live in Israel and couldn't speak or read Hebrew, the Old Testament WAS written in Greek before the time of Christ. It's called the Septuagint. What Susan from Athens calls Alexandrine Greek we in the church call koine. My husband is a pastor and had to learn Hebrew and koine in seminary. He does a lot of his own translating from the original texts when he prepares his sermons every week. He's very academically minded and probably does a lot more of that than most pastors in any denomination would (we're Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod).
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Hi everyone!

Um, so. I'm kinda new here. I've only been stalking the blog for a few months (and have lacked the guts to say anything, because it's Robin Mckinley she replies to comments and is only my favorite author, and I couldn't think of anything clever enough beyond, "SQUEE, I LOVE YOUR BOOKS!")

So. Anyway. As for that, I've been a fan since I read The Outlaws of Sherwood when I was thirteen.

I'm currently a college sophmore, majoring in linguistics, and minoring in foreign language (French and Japanese.) I (obviously) love reading, particularly Robin Mckinley (um...duh?) Ayn Rand, Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Jeffery Euginides...okay, this is getting too long, yes? Anyway, other hobbies include swimming, kung fu, which I just started and suck at but love anyway, photography, sleeping, music, doing nothing, and most of all, the internet.

Nice to meet everyone! And I'm jealous of all the knitters out there, I've wanted to learn since forever.
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Um, sorry, I don't know why that posted twice. *hangs head in shame* Does anyone know how I can delete it?
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KunoichiKaoru wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 00:18

Um, sorry, I don't know why that posted twice. *hangs head in shame* Does anyone know how I can delete it?


I deleted the extras for you, but you should have the option to edit your own posts, and be able to delete them! Check on your post, next to the "quote" and "reply" buttons. Smile

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Charismitaine wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 22:08

jmeadows wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 18:30

Charismitaine wrote on Sun, 12 October 2008 15:06


Now I love knitting and I don't know how I was living without it (my Ravelry name is Charismitaine). I'm actually dying to learn to spin as well, but I have no drop spindle and no one to learn from, so that's on hold--I just look longingly at spinning websites for now.


Daah-link! I added you to my Rav friends - I'm unicornwarlord - and if you want to learn to spin...

I have some videos for you. Just call me your enabler. I can also show you a few inexpensive drop spindles and places to buy fiber, if you don't mind ordering online. Wink


Hurray! An enabler is just what I need--let's be best friends! XD

And now that I'm working, I'll finally be able to order some things, so the timing is perfect--I've been avoiding going to my Local Yarn Shop (although I found it online and mapped out the route Smile because I knew it would drive me crazy to set foot in a yarn store without money to spend.

I've friended you back on Ravelry--will you be my spinning sensei?


Heee I'd totally forgotten I had an account there >.>

Both of you added, my name's the same as it is here - Mori-neko.
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KunoichiKaoru wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 00:15

Hi everyone!

Um, so. I'm kinda new here. I've only been stalking the blog for a few months (and have lacked the guts to say anything, because it's Robin Mckinley she replies to comments and is only my favorite author, and I couldn't think of anything clever enough beyond, "SQUEE, I LOVE YOUR BOOKS!")

So. Anyway. As for that, I've been a fan since I read The Outlaws of Sherwood when I was thirteen.

I'm currently a college sophmore, majoring in linguistics, and minoring in foreign language (French and Japanese.) I (obviously) love reading, particularly Robin Mckinley (um...duh?) Ayn Rand, Margaret Atwood, Jane Austen, Jeffery Euginides...okay, this is getting too long, yes? Anyway, other hobbies include swimming, kung fu, which I just started and suck at but love anyway, photography, sleeping, music, doing nothing, and most of all, the internet.

Nice to meet everyone! And I'm jealous of all the knitters out there, I've wanted to learn since forever.


Kaoru, I completely understand! If the blog hadn't started in Livejournal I'm not sure I would have ever had the courage to post/comment, but it was so easy to comment on Livejournal and once I had the courage I just kept commenting on stuff occasionally... Robin even quoted me once in the blog and for a whole day I was absolutely ecstatic. Surprisingly enough, you'll find that Robin is a Real Person(tm) and not just some High and Mighty Authoress...

Another Linguistics geek! Hurrah! I'm a senior(graduating in December) in "Linguistic Studies for International Education". Which is a mouthful and means that in addition to studying languages and linguistics I've also studied "Global Cultures"...

Edit: I've just started knitting a few weeks ago, thanks to Charismitaine... I've finished a Very Thin Scarf(which I called my Practice Scarf as it really was just an excuse to practice the knit stitch and the purl stitch...) and a dishcloth and am halfway through another dishcloth...

[Updated on: Tue, 14 October 2008 02:13]

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Charismitaine wrote on Sun, 12 October 2008 20:06

I'm actually dying to learn to spin as well, but I have no drop spindle and no one to learn from, so that's on hold--I just look longingly at spinning websites for now.



You can actually create a workable spindle with a knitting needle and a knob of clay or even a potato to use as a weight at the bottom! And there are plenty of videos on-line and elsewhere to show you how it's done.

One of these days I'll get my spinning-wheel out again....

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jmeadows wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 03:20

I'll PM you with some links. Very Happy

Warning Alert!!! Jodi has many links. Her links are very VERY addictive. I haven't knitted for many years and now I have 4 (yes FOUR!) projects on the go because of Jodi - you've been warned lol

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That sounds very yummy!

jAnd. If I tell my son this is a real Greek recipe, he'll eat it! He's 9 and crazy about Greek Anything!

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southdowner wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 08:18


Warning Alert!!! Jodi has many links. Her links are very VERY addictive. I haven't knitted for many years and now I have 4 (yes FOUR!) projects on the go because of Jodi - you've been warned lol



I can only enable those who secretly want to be enabled. If you have a soft spot for soft things, well...best not to sit too close to me. (Although with all my socks and half-spun yarn, it certainly is warmer next to me. Which reminds me I ought to finish up this shirt I put on hold...)

Smooshes!
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Hey Ithilien,
Half-mittens are very popular right now!

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KunoichiKaoru wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 05:15

Hi everyone! Um, so. I'm kinda new here... And I'm jealous of all the knitters out there, I've wanted to learn since forever.

Hi KunoichiKaoru! Welcome Smile
Don't be jealous of the knitters - join in - Jodi is always eager to foster more knits and has even been called a yarn virus lol Glad to see you here.

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Susan from Athens:

Hah, there she goes again. Jodi the yarn-virus strikes again. Another one bites the dust. What's the count at now, Jodi-girl. Six, seven and counting? Go girl!


Can she still be a yarn-virus for me if the pretty, pretty yarn and spindles are the only part of knitting she's swayed me toward? I've resisted going to stores or shows and collecting piles of samples and twists of my own solely from the memory of the vast collection of fabric my mother always had because she might someday "do something with it."

Otherwise, I would festoon my apartment with some of the gorgeous thread and yarn she's posted. And hang spindles on my Christmas tree!

Every day for the next year, I'm taking and posting at least one picture. Stop by and take a look!

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BlueRose said:
I can be *very* boring on the topic of cheese and cheesemaking.

I am not kidding when I say that I would love for you to bore me on this topic. I heart science!

I may be a creative person and have chosen writing as my career, but only because you can't be a writer AND a biologist AND an anthropologist AND a horse-rancher AND a translator AND a vet AND a geneticist AND a zookeeper AND an actor AND...well, you get the picture.

So if anyone has a hankering to deliver a lecture on something (outside the realms of religion or politics, that is), I'm definitely your girl!

Every day for the next year, I'm taking and posting at least one picture. Stop by and take a look!

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Hi everyone.
I'm Vikki and my addiction to Robin's books started when I borrowed a copy of BEAUTY from the library and fell in love with it. (It's still my ultimate comfort read)
I collect handmade teddy bears, and have also recently succumbed to the knitting bug *brandishes half finished sock* I've also been accused of being slightly shutter happy with the camera at various gatherings of friends, and I love baking but don't get enough opportunity (although this is probably good for my waistline....)

Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....
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When we first moved to Montana, we were warned about the severity of the winter over and over again. I would always reply, "But I'm a KNITTER. I have more hats, scarves, sweaters, socks and mittens than any non-knitter can comprehend. I like the cold. I LONG for the cold!"

This was always met with sheer disbelief.

"Well, you'd better get yourself a good parka before winter," the well-meaning person would reply, shaking a head over the folly of city people.

I did no such thing, but wore a bulky-weight [Elizabeth Zimmermann's Adult Surprise Jacket, for those in the know] woolen coat over my wool cardigan when I was outdoors and I was warm as toast!
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Hello Vikkik, glad to see you found your way here.

Love your signature line! Smile

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I'd have been here sooner, but I was away from Friday to Sunday, and brought the migraine from hell home with me.
So it was a bit of a shock to find everything had changed when I trundled on to read Robin's blog earlier!! Rather fun and shiny though, and at least forums hold no particular terrors for me.

Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....
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Vikkik wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 17:57

Hi everyone.
I'm Vikki and my addiction to Robin's books started when I borrowed a copy of BEAUTY from the library and fell in love with it. (It's still my ultimate comfort read)
I collect handmade teddy bears, and have also recently succumbed to the knitting bug *brandishes half finished sock* I've also been accused of being slightly shutter happy with the camera at various gatherings of friends, and I love baking but don't get enough opportunity (although this is probably good for my waistline....)


Hi Vikki!

Can you knit teddy-bears, by the way? I am Going Wrong with mine - not knitting it, but sewing it together - and have got Very Frustrated!

[Updated on: Tue, 14 October 2008 14:40]

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Mrs Redboots wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 19:39


Hi Vikki!

Can you knit teddy-bears, by the way? I am Going Wrong with mine - not knitting it, but sewing it together - and have got Very Frustrated!


*waves at Mrs R!*

I must admit I've never tried knitting teddy bears, although I DO have a kit to make one, lurking somewhere for when I get around to it (which will probably be never, knowing me!)
(I AM currently getting nagged by my teddy bears to knit socks FOR them though.....)

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Mori-neko wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 23:40

Charismitaine wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 22:08

jmeadows wrote on Mon, 13 October 2008 18:30

Charismitaine wrote on Sun, 12 October 2008 15:06


Now I love knitting and I don't know how I was living without it (my Ravelry name is Charismitaine). I'm actually dying to learn to spin as well, but I have no drop spindle and no one to learn from, so that's on hold--I just look longingly at spinning websites for now.


Daah-link! I added you to my Rav friends - I'm unicornwarlord - and if you want to learn to spin...

I have some videos for you. Just call me your enabler. I can also show you a few inexpensive drop spindles and places to buy fiber, if you don't mind ordering online. Wink


Hurray! An enabler is just what I need--let's be best friends! XD

And now that I'm working, I'll finally be able to order some things, so the timing is perfect--I've been avoiding going to my Local Yarn Shop (although I found it online and mapped out the route Smile because I knew it would drive me crazy to set foot in a yarn store without money to spend.

I've friended you back on Ravelry--will you be my spinning sensei?


Heee I'd totally forgotten I had an account there >.>

Both of you added, my name's the same as it is here - Mori-neko.



You mean, there's a forum for knitters/yarn junkies? Share! Share! I wanna be there, too!

Scar

"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around."
T.P.
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scarhandpiper wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 14:52


You mean, there's a forum for knitters/yarn junkies? Share! Share! I wanna be there, too!


Ravelry.com

Yay!

Smooshes!
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Mrs Redboots wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 14:39

Vikkik wrote on Tue, 14 October 2008 17:57

Hi everyone.
I'm Vikki and my addiction to Robin's books started when I borrowed a copy of BEAUTY from the library and fell in love with it. (It's still my ultimate comfort read)
I collect handmade teddy bears, and have also recently succumbed to the knitting bug *brandishes half finished sock* I've also been accused of being slightly shutter happy with the camera at various gatherings of friends, and I love baking but don't get enough opportunity (although this is probably good for my waistline....)


Hi Vikki!

Can you knit teddy-bears, by the way? I am Going Wrong with mine - not knitting it, but sewing it together - and have got Very Frustrated!

*waves at Vikki & Mrs Redboots*
I know I have seen a knitted teddy bear, made with snuggly brown wool, but have no idea how one would knit him. Or anything else, for that matter....
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I am Kit. I am one of those people who reads constantly and have done so ever since I learned how. My father handed me The Hobbit when I was about ten and I've been reading fantasy ever since. My first acquaintance with Robin's books (that somehow sounds over-familiar, but whatever) was somewhere around 1984. I was working part time for John Holt and he handed me a book and insisted I start reading NOW. He was right. He was given to both of those things.

I have five children and two grandchildren. I do educational consulting in an assemblage of ways that join, mostly, the themes of gifted kids and homeschooling. I'm working on a book of my own on the topic.

I knit. I sew. I do other fibery things. I cook, sometimes rather well and sometimes rather badly. I make attempts at gardening, most of which get promptly eaten by deer. And I do the faculty wife and political wife thing as needed by the sweetie.

And I would like to thank Robin for writing.
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Hi, I'm Judith.

I've been reading Robin's books since I discovered "Beauty" as a grad student wandering around in the bookstore looking for good stuff to read.

I love dogs, horses, music, and various other things, and it's hard to get me to shut up when I get started talking on my favorite topics. Smile
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I'm Dawn and I am a home school Mom of three in Colorado and an avid reader. I found Robin though a homeschool catalog - the authors of a certain curriculum were listing their favorite books and Robin's Beauty was on one of the lists. As a huge Beauty and the Beast fan, I immediately borrowed it from the library, read it and promptly went out and bought every one of her books I could find. I've read each of them numerous times and they have a treasured spot next to my Madeleine L'Engle collection.

God Bless,
Dawn
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