this is rudolph. he has been with our family for a very long time. my father worked for us news & world report for his entire career. he was head of the economics department & was considered one of people in washington who really understood the federal budget. back in the old days, you went to work for a company & worked there for most of your working life & they took care of you. every year at christmas, in addition to a bonus, no doubt, the magazine gave each employee a little christmas trinket. rudolph came to us in that manner. when mom & dad moved to williamsburg & mom started to prune her christmas decorations, i took the rudolph. he holds many memories for me. after we took possession of rudolph, our cat at the time, squiggy, enjoyed chewing on rudolph & took out an eye & his nose. i forget when the mouth went. sadiedog, as a puppy, pretty much finished the job so rudolph has no eyes, no nose & the barest hint of a mouth. & i love him- he brings back memories of christmas from a younger time & reminds me of the house in which i spent most of my childhood. if i had a sense of smell, i'm sure he smells a little bit. as i look at the picture, i see his ears have been damaged a bit as well. we had a whole collection of little christmas trinkets, such as these, courtesy of us news. it must have been kind of nice to feel so taken care of - corporations were quite paternalistic then. i can feel for the UAW- not that i agree with the bailout- but the auto workers have been involved in a paternalistic system for years while the rest of us have been adapting t0 the changing corporate & work environment over the past 20-25 years. it must be quite a jolt for the auto workers to enter the current environment & the way things are done. 
this is my tree i did for the office. i like the juxtaposition of the old & new. the ornaments are vintage ornaments i have been collecting- it's my new thing to collect. & they are a good thing to collect because they break so easily. i lose at least 5 every year. luckily, the ones i lose are the plain round ones.
now for my first quiz. does anyone know what this is? i found it on ebay for the woman i see for clinical supervision. a brief sidenote here- if you are not a therapist, clinical supervision may not make sense for someone like myself who has been in the field for 25 years. when we work with clients, it is very easy for our personal histories & opinions &issues to get involved in the process & working with a clinical supervisor helps to keep it clean. the field of therapy places a premium on ensuring that the values, beliefs, etc of the therapist do not unduly enter the therapeutic process. it can be a rather tricky thing at times. so back to the item. can anyone identify it's purpose? i'll answer in a couple of days.
here's a nice christmas idea- this is felted soap. in the shower, the wool creates a nice lather- the soap is homemade. i wish i could remember where i found it. i'll have to do some research.
i found this a couple years ago. i can't show the detail. these are custom-made bangles & the artist will put anything you like on it. it is two sided. i had her put some stanzas from one of my all-time favorite poems on it-
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as long I could.
and on the other side
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And I- I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference.
that gives you an idea of how much she can fit on the bracelet. that holds so many possibilities. i can think of lots of things to have engraved on bracelets for different people. the seller is delias thompson & she can be found on etsy. engraving words on jewelry is quite common & quite a business these days. one of the originals to do it was jeanine payer & her work remains some of the most exquisite. she uses a lot of rumi quotes- another favorite poet of mine. her work is quite delicate & sadly, for me, expensive. i do think she was the pioneer in the use of words & phrases on jewelry.
well that's it for today. not a very exciting post. maybe i'll be more exciting tomorrow (or next week) depending on when i post.
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