Tricks and Manners Vox 2008-06-24T15:53:58Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cdf3a74b11cb8f/ Exploring the serious business of play Benjamin's Bedtime Stories tag:vox.com,2008-06-24:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00fae8c5b3f1000b 2008-06-24T00:06:49Z 2008-06-24T15:53:58Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Whitman Story book Dodecahedron Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Rufus M UK Cover of LHITBW

My father read us bedtime stories at night, and our older sister read to us most anytime. Our favorite book was an old cardboard Whitman number which kept getting re-published under various names and with varying cover art, but which contained sto...

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]]> Deeper into War and Peace (Spoiler Warning) tag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00fa967d37920002 2008-06-11T00:54:47Z 2008-06-13T15:01:57Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

War and Peace Napoleon's Cannons The Craft of Fiction

"The period in the campaign of 1812 from the battle of Borodino to the expulsion of the French proved that a battle won is not only not the cause of a conquest, but is not even an invariable sign of conquest; it proved that the force that decided ...

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]]> Reading List for Summer tag:vox.com,2008-06-01:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00fad68cae6c0005 2008-06-01T20:55:20Z 2008-06-02T16:36:58Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Someone said May is a month that deserves all of its 31 days. True it may be--but where do they go? I distinctly remember being busy every minute of them but did I accomplish anything? I did not. I have as little to show for this month of May as m...

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]]> Pink Presents tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00f48cf6321e0002 2008-05-09T01:21:25Z 2008-05-19T11:36:05Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Pink_presents

Here is the box of birthday surprises that just arrived from my daughter Emily... See, the wonderful thing about having preferences is that people can indulge them for you. If I hadn't finally figured out that deep down, all these many years, I...

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]]> Birthday without Mom tag:vox.com,2008-05-07:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00f48d146fc30001 2008-05-07T14:00:35Z 2008-05-09T00:59:49Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mom

Today is my birthday. I like my birthday, both the specific day it falls on and the privilege of growing older. I am 51 and happy about it. This particular birthday is sad too: it's the first one of my whole life that my Mom hasn't been in the w...

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]]> Further Adventures of Penelope tag:vox.com,2008-05-04:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00e398f67ac50005 2008-05-04T21:05:34Z 2008-05-07T17:55:22Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Penelope_greendress Img_Mascots

Penelope doll has lived in my house without underwear or shoes for 13 years. It's something of a joke with my other dollmaking friends. But even without underclothes and footwear, she is still a charming doll, and my daughter played happily with ...

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]]> The Ballerina Bedspread tag:vox.com,2008-04-25:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00f48cf1d40a0003 2008-04-25T11:06:35Z 2008-05-01T20:01:10Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Img_ballet3055 Img_ballet2053 Img_ballet1051 Img_vogue_ad050

When I was a girl, I loved ballet very much. I rarely saw anyone actually dance; I just looked at the pictures of dancers in library books. So ballet to me was a series of beautiful but motionless poses, and I thought that ballerinas could stay o...

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]]> Oh boy! I got an award! tag:vox.com,2008-04-25:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00e398f359e30004 2008-04-25T10:47:32Z 2008-04-25T12:59:21Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Arte y Pico

Thanks to Auntie Bunny for choosing my blog for the "Arte y Pico" award! An award for doing a blog that she finds inspiring--what an encouragement to bloggers to be acknowledged in such an exciting way! Auntie Bunny's blog happens to be one that ...

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]]> First Vox Dollmakers' Challenge tag:vox.com,2008-04-25:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00f48d10632b0001 2008-04-25T00:10:54Z 2008-06-16T22:31:05Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Check out AuntieBunny's posting on her vox blog about the book "How to Make Foreign Dolls and Their Costumes" by Julienne Hallen. (Posting headline is "What to Do, What to Do.") http://auntiebunny.vox.com/ It's a 40s-vintage book whose main doll ...

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]]> Back to dollmaking tag:vox.com,2008-04-20:asset-6a00cdf3a74b11cb8f00f48cf017720002 2008-04-20T02:00:48Z 2008-05-09T10:54:58Z Ruth Wilson http://ruthmarie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Doll_Marisol

At first I was not very happy with this "Material Girl" pattern, the one I have named "Marisol." But now that she's been lounging around the sewing room for a few weeks (hard for her to do anything but lounge, since she has no head or lower legs),...

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