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miscellaneous postings by Lawrence R. Spencer

...and other stuff, ART, FREE ADVICE, LIVES, POETIC NONSENSE, SOUNDS, UNIVERSES

DREAMS COME TRUE

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 “When You Wish Upon A Star”

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dreams
No request is to extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Fate is kind
She brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wished upon a star
Your dreams come true

When you wish upon a star
Your dream comes true

...and other stuff, FREE ADVICE, LIVES

SHORT PEOPLE

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Children are basically just “short people”. In a few year they will become “tall” people, just like you — probably even taller. So, maybe we should start treating our “short” people like real people instead of some kind of cute toys or disenfranchised “lesser beings”. They are entitled to the same respect, dignity and responsibilities that adults are supposed to grant to each other. After all, they are going to become the people our mothers warned us about being careful not to hang out with.  If you don’t educate them into the reality that they can realize their dreams, while sharing the responsibility for taking care of themselves and being a part of the community, they will be the people our mothers warned us about.

...and other stuff, ART, INSIDE THE BOOK, READING MATTER, UNIVERSES

EX LIBRIS

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 Books are valuable possessions. Books require thousands of hours, or even a lifetime to write, edit, and print.  Before the advent of the printing press in the 14th century books were written by hand — one at a time — and only aristocrats and priests could read them.  Historically, wealthy and educated persons collected books in private libraries.  Each book had a label, or “book plate”  placed on the inside front cover of the book to identify the owner.  A bookplate, also known as ex-librīs [Latin, “from the books of…”], is usually a small print or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the inside front cover, to indicate its owner. Simple typographical bookplates are termed “booklabels”.  Bookplates typically bear a name, motto, device, coat-of-arms, crest, badge, or any motif that relates to the owner of the book, or is requested by him from the artist or designer. The name of the owner usually follows an inscription such as “from the books of . . . ” or “from the library of . . . “, or in Latin, ex libris …. Bookplates are important evidence for the provenance of books.Here are a few examples of Book Plates for Greta Garbo, Douglas Fairbanks, Sigmund Freud, and others:

SEE MORE FANTASITC EXLIBRIS PAGE PLATES HERE:    http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ayu117/folder/1067532.html

HERE IS ANOTHER LINK:

http://cdm.lib.udel.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/wab&CISOSTART=1,21