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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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Don't put up my Thread and Needle -- by Emily Dickinson
Don't put up my Thread and Needle --
I'll begin to Sew
When the Birds begin to whistle --
Better Stitches -- so --

These were bent -- my sight got crooked --
When my mind -- is plain
I'll do seams -- a Queen's endeavor
Would not blush to own --

Hems -- too fine for Lady's tracing
To the sightless Knot --
Tucks -- of dainty interspersion --
Like a dotted Dot --

Leave my Needle in the furrow --
Where I put it down --
I can make the zigzag stitches
Straight -- when I am strong --

Till then -- dreaming I am sewing
Fetch the seam I missed --
Closer -- so I -- at my sleeping --
Still surmise I stitch --

The Village Green Preservation Society- The Kinks 1968



We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety

We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do

We are the Draught Beer Preservation Society
God save Mrs. Mopp and good Old Mother Riley
We are the Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium
God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them

We are the Sherlock Holmes English Speaking Vernacular
Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula

We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity
God save little shops, china cups and virginity

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do.

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity
God save little shops, china cups and virginity

God save the village green

We are the Village Green Preservation Society

Sunday, April 4, 2010





Title: Rachel Carson's 1928 Yearbook Portrait

Date: 1928

Medium: Yearbook Photograph

Photographer/Writer: Unknown

Description: Rachel Carson's portrait from the 1928 Pennsylvanian.

From: http://www.chatham.edu/host/library/carson/collection/full_view/pcw29.html