Tuesday, October 24, 2017
日本語で博士 E の人形博物館 [Dr. E's Doll Museum in Japanese}: Japanese Friendship Dolls
日本語で博士 E の人形博物館 [Dr. E's Doll Museum in Japanese}: Japanese Friendship Dolls: 私の友人キャロライン、美しい民族人形、世界の旅行者、コレクターを送った友情人形について以下の話、純粋な偶然だった。 ミルウォーキー公立博物館で展示、人形を訪れたし、ある元オーデュボン小学校でを使っています。 そこよりも 1 体の人形があった 伝統的な人形の...
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: March of the Japanese Friendship Dolls; Guest Blog...
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: March of the Japanese Friendship Dolls; Guest Blog...: It was pure serendipity that my friend Caroline, collector of beautiful ethnic dolls and world traveler, sent me the story below about a fri...
Monday, October 23, 2017
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Preview of Dolls in Pink for October Breast Cancer...
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Preview of Dolls in Pink for October Breast Cancer...: Laurie Partridge, Dr. E's Barbie and the Nutcracker, photo, Dino Milani Emma Clear Grape Lady Pretty in Pink; a Very old S...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017
harimohans: Xian the city of the terracota Army
harimohans: Xian the city of the terracota Army: 1250 km in 5.5 hours by bullet train from Beijing to xian On the dot Comfortable No speedfelt inside Met by Linda and driver in stat...
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Award Winning Dolls from the Texas State Fair
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Award Winning Dolls from the Texas State Fair: Sent by my friend and colleague, Jeff G., a Renaissance Man
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Maria Mitchell and the Solar Eclipse; Astronomer and Dolls Dressmaker
By Ellen Tsagaris
Popular Astronomy Club
This piece was published in a local newspaper; I include it here, because Mitchell, a respected astronomer and professor, liked to make doll clothes as a child. Doll lovers are indeed talented nad remarkable people.
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| Maria Mitchell, Public Domain |
On March 20, 2015, the next solar eclipse will be visible. NASA’s Solar Eclipse Page
provides tables of past and future solar eclipses, along with graphics and
other pertinent information.
A solar eclipse takes place, of course, when the moon passes
between the sun and the earth. Once this
occurs, the moon partially or totally hides the sun. Then, the moon casts a shadow on the earth.
For a solar eclipse to occur there must be a new moon
because the eclipse can only take place during the phase of the new moon, which
makes it possible for the moon to cast its shadow on the earth.
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| Eclipse 2017 Public Domain |
Such an event has been billions of years in the making,
truly awesome when one considers that since its formation almost 4.5 billion
years ago, the moon has been steadily pulling away from the earth. According to
Space.com, the moon has been moving away from the earth by about 1.6 inches
each year. Furthermore, the writers at
Space.com point out that “right now the moon is at the perfect distance to
appear in our sky exactly the same size as the sun, and therefore block it out.
“
The Bible mentions a solar eclipse in Amos 8: 9, “I will
cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the Earth in the clear
day.” Other references from Ancient
China and Nineveh
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| Public Domain |
Most solar eclipses are very short, with some of the longest
recorded at 7 minutes 31 seconds. During this time, the corona, the outer
atmosphere of the sun, is visible.
The March eclipse will not be visible in the Quad City Svalbard , Norway and the Faroe Islands, while a partial
solar eclipse will be visible in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern
and western Africa
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| Maria Mitchell and her Sisters |
The last solar eclipse was only a partial eclipse and
occurred on October 23, 2014.
Celebrated astronomer Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) made the
study of solar eclipses her specialty. Mitchell was born to Quaker parents who
believed in educating equally their sons and daughters. She learned to love astronomy through helping
her father, and one evening, she helped him calculate their home’s position by
observing a solar eclipse. Mitchell became famous after she discovered a comet
in 1847. The King of Denmark awarded her
a gold medal for her discovery of the comet. In 1856, Mitchell became a professor of
astronomy at Vassar
College
Maria Mitchell was an admired and beloved teacher who
inspired her students and believed woman could achieve the same accomplishments
that men did, if they could only be given a chance. She believed creativity and science worked
well together, and one quote attributed to her reads: “We especially need
imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is
somewhat beauty and poetry.”
Friday, October 13, 2017
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Theriault's Octoer 28029 Bittersweet Auction!
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Theriault's Octoer 28029 Bittersweet Auction!: Today at 10:12 AM Courtesy, Theriault's Dolls from the Private Collection of Lorna Lieberman of Leawood, Kansa...
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Viva Las Vegas! Let the Hurricanes Roar, We will ...
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Viva Las Vegas! Let the Hurricanes Roar, We will ...: I dedicate this post to the people of Las Vegas and to the State of Nevada, and the many happy doll adventures I have had there over the yea...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
An Apologia for Countess Erzebet Bathory: Theriault's Rendezvous,
An Apologia for Countess Erzebet Bathory: Theriault's Rendezvous,: Rendezvous, ah, what a wonderful word! Tomorrow is yet another chance to bid on amazing, beautiful antique dolls! There are dolls made in ...
Monday, October 2, 2017
From Stuart Says, con Permiso
Dear Friends,
There is no one moment that sticks in my head. The past three months have been a culmination of moments that blend together into one of the most poignant journeys of my life. While Tuesday may mark an end of sorts for me, the voices of tens of thousands of people who shared with me the touching “Love, Shirley Temple” tour will be never be buried in the archives of my past. In fact, it will guide me for the remainder of my life.
The recurring theme that I witnessed was love. Not just for a little girl who continues to lift the spirits of so many with a magical wand of sparkles and hope. It was a love that I felt was in a deep-rooted appreciation of nostalgia, memories of a happy time past, and the joy of living in a time when simplicity was all that was needed.
Shirley was not about special effects or shocking back-stories. Nor was she trying to woo us with anything other than honesty. Shirley was just herself. It will always be her “secret.” That is that she was never trying. What we saw is what we got. It’s why the world still looks to this little girl as a last link to a different time. In the sometimes overwhelming stimuli of today she still represents the best parts of all of us. I, for one, am now a better person for this experience.
Tuesday is the end. But for you it is the beginning. For those who wish to participate and become a steward to these objects it is, in fact, the door opening. That is, these objects will become mementos that you can tour yourself and teach and remind people of what she gave to the world. So, while my tour may be at a close, yours is about to start.
I know the recurring statement so well: “These pieces should be in a museum." Yet, as I have tried to convey to all who expressed this sentiment: “You are the museums.” Everyone who obtains any of these pieces has not only the joy and pride of holding these objects for themselves - but the ability to share and spread the story of Shirley for generations.
You are the stewards to one of the greatest stories of the 20th century.
And, in the end, if a traditional museum is best served in your mind with some of these objects - and your true hope is that eventuality - it is people like you, the collectors, who can make this happen in the end game of seeing them to their next location.
This is all Shirley ever hoped for. That her story will continue to be told. That generations from now she will still serve as a beacon of hope, cheer, and honesty. Most of all, as we know Shirley so well, she would want you to have fun and enjoy this moment with her. Sing her songs, smile her smile, and clutch close to you the objects that she adored and felt should now be with you.
As Shirley said so well; “These tangible mementos were important, far more than the event. Things to heft, feel and take away gave an air of permanence to what happened.”
This is not the end. We are only just arriving at a junction. I am honored and excited to pass the baton to all of you in knowing that these pieces – pieces that have meant so much to me in my own personal time with Shirley - will be in the most loving hands possible.
Warm regards,
Stuart Holbrook'
President, Theriault's
There is no one moment that sticks in my head. The past three months have been a culmination of moments that blend together into one of the most poignant journeys of my life. While Tuesday may mark an end of sorts for me, the voices of tens of thousands of people who shared with me the touching “Love, Shirley Temple” tour will be never be buried in the archives of my past. In fact, it will guide me for the remainder of my life.
The recurring theme that I witnessed was love. Not just for a little girl who continues to lift the spirits of so many with a magical wand of sparkles and hope. It was a love that I felt was in a deep-rooted appreciation of nostalgia, memories of a happy time past, and the joy of living in a time when simplicity was all that was needed.
Shirley was not about special effects or shocking back-stories. Nor was she trying to woo us with anything other than honesty. Shirley was just herself. It will always be her “secret.” That is that she was never trying. What we saw is what we got. It’s why the world still looks to this little girl as a last link to a different time. In the sometimes overwhelming stimuli of today she still represents the best parts of all of us. I, for one, am now a better person for this experience.
Tuesday is the end. But for you it is the beginning. For those who wish to participate and become a steward to these objects it is, in fact, the door opening. That is, these objects will become mementos that you can tour yourself and teach and remind people of what she gave to the world. So, while my tour may be at a close, yours is about to start.
I know the recurring statement so well: “These pieces should be in a museum." Yet, as I have tried to convey to all who expressed this sentiment: “You are the museums.” Everyone who obtains any of these pieces has not only the joy and pride of holding these objects for themselves - but the ability to share and spread the story of Shirley for generations.
You are the stewards to one of the greatest stories of the 20th century.
And, in the end, if a traditional museum is best served in your mind with some of these objects - and your true hope is that eventuality - it is people like you, the collectors, who can make this happen in the end game of seeing them to their next location.
This is all Shirley ever hoped for. That her story will continue to be told. That generations from now she will still serve as a beacon of hope, cheer, and honesty. Most of all, as we know Shirley so well, she would want you to have fun and enjoy this moment with her. Sing her songs, smile her smile, and clutch close to you the objects that she adored and felt should now be with you.
As Shirley said so well; “These tangible mementos were important, far more than the event. Things to heft, feel and take away gave an air of permanence to what happened.”
This is not the end. We are only just arriving at a junction. I am honored and excited to pass the baton to all of you in knowing that these pieces – pieces that have meant so much to me in my own personal time with Shirley - will be in the most loving hands possible.
Warm regards,
Stuart Holbrook'
President, Theriault's
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