The Wee Peeple Newsletter

 

October  2012                     Issue  68

 

 

 

Yes, the long-tailed Fan Dance was performed, Breakfast was served,

Mead was tasted, Faerie Dolls cast "Smiling Spells",

Mary Anne acquired her 126th Wee Peeple Doll, and Pirates took over the World.

(In a King's Nutshell.)

Fun at the Faire by Day...

Yes, Folks, weekend DAYS at the Texas Renaissance Festival

have been Legendary in their Perfection, as the Great Faire passes through it's

"Themed Weekends"... growing and growing in Attendance...

a joyful Time Tsunami of Fairy Wings, Sausages, Fishnet Stockings and Pirate Hats

 rising, crashing,

 Red Boa Feathers flashing...

tiaras, tattoos, tights and tall boots tumbling through TIME...

But the real question is:

 

What do the Dolls Do in the Doll Shoppe at NIGHT?

Especially what might they be doing on Halloween Night?

The Dollmaker wanted to know too... so on "All Hallows Eve Weekend"

she set up a camera...

 

 Aha! The Flower Joy Dolls! Who woulda thunk it!

Who knew they could walk?!

This Sprite turned to look back...

Oops! An Owl scared all the Faeries away...

Hee hee hee... What a Hoot!

 

 

Caught on film: An Actual Stick Puppet Attack!

 

As we say in the Doll Shoppe:

Why talk to the Hand when you can talk to the Puppet?

 

 

 

And now...

Worn from the Bronze Age to Present Time...

 "...there is little doubt that the original concept of its (the Witches hat) shape came from people

who could see the energy field. "

-Hamish Miller, well-known Dowser and Healer

 

Evidently, the Crown Chakra can assume a conical shape...

Now, the Dollmaker has always been fond of pointy and conical head ornamentation...

But...

Oh, how history was twisted by one man with a conical hat!

John Duns Scotus (1266-1308)

A (brilliant yet insufferably boring) Man with a Conical Hat.

Historical Origin of the Dunce Cap

John Duns Scotus, Philosopher/Metaphysician of the Middle Ages,

 whose whole life was devoted to Learning and Scholastics...

 never knew that His Hat became a Symbol for Ignorance, bless his heart.

Of course, it's practically impossible to wade through his convoluted theories...

(refer to Wikipedia for his eye-crossing logic on the Nature of God)

...but somehow he had Followers!

All presumably wearing his same style of mystical pointed hat...

said to increase Learning!

Yes, John Duns Scotus knew, even then, that Wizards wore pointy hats!

The apex or tip of the hat was thought to "funnel" knowledge to the wearer!

So, anyway, for 200 years following Duns death in 1308,

the "Dunsmen" taught his hopelessly tedious religio-intellectual speculations

at prestigious universities around Europe.

Thankfully, that came to an end, during the Renaissance, an era known for it's sensibility,

Whereupon, the "Dunsmen" were kindly referred to as: "old barking curs."

or... Dunces...

And the Pointy Hat was implicated and maligned.

Through no fault of it's own.

 

It is noteworthy that the Pointy Hat was maligned by a tedious intellectual,

not by a witch.

In fact, as time passed and trends changed from

burning to commercializing witches,

the Pointy Hat made a big come-back...

 

 

Yay.

 

Meanwhile, it's Just Another Big Cat Halloween...

Did you know that... Big Cats LOVE Pumpkins!!!!

Check it out:

 

 

And then one day...

The Dollmaker worked on that painting of the Fort besieged by Storm Waves

after a dream she had that the waves must not destroy the Fort.

 

 

 

"We need to celebrate the good obsessively."

-Arianna Huffington

 

 

Lyrics:  "Dance of the Wild Faeries" by Gary Stadler and Wendy Rule

 

I wandered alone to the forest one night
Led by a music strange to hear
And followed the glow of a shimmering light
That seemed to grow distant as I grew near.

The woods were alive with the fragrance of spring
But winter was everywhere clear to see
The moon shone bright and a bat on the wing
Beckoned me closer and said to me:

"A clearing close in the forest you'll find
A fabulous banquet, a fairy ball
If you close your eyes and you open your mind
The veil disappears and you'll see it all."

Come and play as the wild fairies play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring.

Come and dance the wild fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night.

When I closed my eyes to the shimmering light
All memory faded and I could see
That a mushroom circle of red and white
And myriad fairies surrounded me.

Bey space and beyond all time
ssamer wings did the fairies fly
With a joy unknown to a music sublime
The fairies danced, and there danced I.

Come and play as the wild fairies play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring.

Come and dance the wild fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night.

"Those who seek us surely find us
See the trail we leave behind us
Some bewildered, some enlightened
Some are brave, some are frightened...
Are we kind or are we vicious?
Nectar poison or delicious?
That, my sweet, you will discover
Fairy foe, or fairy lover!"

Come and play as the wild fairies play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring.

Come and dance the wild fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night.

I wandered alone to the forest one night
Led by a music strange and clear
If you happen to pass when the moon is bright
And the veils are thin you will find me here
If the veils are thin you will find me here.

 

 

 

 


 


 


 

 


 


 

 

 
 

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Wee Peeple

 Newsletter Topics

 

 

Sacred Geometry

 

You Tube Video

 

 

Slideshow of the
Wee Peeple Dolls

 

 

Steampunk Page

 

Bottle Doll Tutorial 

 

 

Roman Bacchanalia Weekend

A Shelling Adventure


 

 Wee Peeple Dolls-

the Early Years

 

Sherwood Forest Faire

 

Stacking Stones

 

 Scarborough Faire

 

Dollmaker Learns Swordplay

 

Esoteric Pinocchio

 

Holey Stones

 

Changing Woman

 

 

Dollmakers of Mexico

 

 

The story of
The Card

WORM MOUNDS

Owl Shaman Tutorial

 

The story of
Vasilisa the Brave

 

 

The Three Dresses

 

The story of
Waldo the Wonder Rat

 

 

FRACTALS

 

The Lady Nevermind

 

 

Bling Art Doll Gallery

 

Crystal Hunting

in Arkansas

Concentric Circles

 

Animal Totem Dolls

Accessories

 

 

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