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This guy is what I'm working on currently. I'm going for "early morning tired and stiff" rather than "old and decrepit". Still have to work out the plaid and some fussy details. And the tail. I have to imagine being a "just got out of bed and getting the morning paper" mouse, and figure out what my tail would be doing.


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And here's the "P" in the black yarn illuminated letter series. I did A, B, C, D and skipped through to P! I haven't CafePressed or Zazzled it yet. I'll letcha know when I do.



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I finished reading "The Subtle Knife", the sequel to "The Golden Compass", and have to say I liked it a lot better than the first one! Not sure why. I liked the first one, I just liked this one better. It ended with a cliffhanger though, so now I'm onto Book 3. (This is the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman in case you didn't know.)
And what I didn't know is that he's also written "Lyra's Oxford" and a couple others, illustrated with beautiful woodcuts by John Lawrence.

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I won't say "Happy" Memorial Day, because that wouldn't be right. Its a solemn day if you choose to observe it, truly. They're having a parade here near me and I made the huge mistake earlier of going out to do a shopping errand, and couldn't even get out onto the main road in the direction I wanted to go. We were all herded the other way, and I was caught in this bizarre procession of cars and an army marching band and people with kids up on their shoulders, watching, and people eating hot dogs and policemen and more people and sundry other parade-y things, so I just got off the road and looped my way back home. The errand can wait until tomorrow!

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