baskets, handmade
they are 13 cm /5,1'' in diameter and 6,5 cm /2,5'' high
four different kinds of fabrics are used for each basket,
they are filled with cotton fleece,
careful washing by hand is possible,
more to come :-)
May there be Peace!
Donnerstag, 23. April 2020
World Book Day
It's World Book Day today!
"Read ... so you never feel alone"
says the Unesco here:
Here is a lovely quote from the book "The Distant Hours" (2010) by Kate Morton
(I do like all her books, very much so):
"I don't have many friends, not the living, breathing sort at any rate. And I don’t mean that in a sad and lonely way; I’m just not the type of person who accumulates friends or enjoys crowds. I’m good with words, but not spoken kind; I’ve often thought what a marvelous thing it would be if I could only conduct relationships on paper. And I suppose, in a sense, that’s what I do, for I’ve hundreds of the other sort, the friends contained within bindings, pages after glorious pages of ink, stories that unfold the same way every time but never lose their joy, that take me by the hand and lead me through doorways into worlds of great terror and rapturous delight. Exciting, worthy, reliable companions - full of wise counsel, some of them - but sadly ill-equipped to offer the use of a spare bedroom for a month or two.”
- Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/kate-morton
(I do like all her books, very much so):
"I don't have many friends, not the living, breathing sort at any rate. And I don’t mean that in a sad and lonely way; I’m just not the type of person who accumulates friends or enjoys crowds. I’m good with words, but not spoken kind; I’ve often thought what a marvelous thing it would be if I could only conduct relationships on paper. And I suppose, in a sense, that’s what I do, for I’ve hundreds of the other sort, the friends contained within bindings, pages after glorious pages of ink, stories that unfold the same way every time but never lose their joy, that take me by the hand and lead me through doorways into worlds of great terror and rapturous delight. Exciting, worthy, reliable companions - full of wise counsel, some of them - but sadly ill-equipped to offer the use of a spare bedroom for a month or two.”
- Kate Morton, The Distant Hours
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/kate-morton
Mittwoch, 22. April 2020
Earth Day's 50th Anniversary
(detail with the words
"Love the World"
of my Literary Quilt / wallhanging with the title
"Siddhartha"
after the novel by Hermann Hesse)
"Love the World"
of my Literary Quilt / wallhanging with the title
"Siddhartha"
after the novel by Hermann Hesse)
... "love the world" ...
We celebrate Earth Day today,
an annual day devoted to environmental protection.
For actual information on the state of our planet I think it's a good idea to turn to scientists
writing here for example:
an annual day devoted to environmental protection.
For actual information on the state of our planet I think it's a good idea to turn to scientists
writing here for example:
or here:
and especially these days I am delighted
by articles like this one by
Jim Robbins:
" Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health"
"But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect."
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Donnerstag, 2. April 2020
Teddy Bear of the Month: April
Maybe you would like to take a few minutes and visit
another world,
one Bing Crosby sings about in his song from 1950:
The Teddy Bear's Picnic.
Enjoy, and yes, there still is spring outside and Easter is coming up,
so, enjoy the season and the sunlight, as much as you can!
