centerpiece at reverendmother

Ah, photos. The lazy blogger’s crutch.

But seriously, I’ve been meaning to take the centerpiece of our kitchen table for a while, since it is such a weird collection of stuff:

communion set given to me by Senior Pastor for my fifth ordination anniversary
homemade “sparkler” craft perched in the communion chalice
pink butterfly craft made by C
round oil lamp given to me by R a decade or more ago
matches from ridiculous hoity-toity restaurant
Russian dolls given by G-mommy on recent trip to, well, Russia
assorted seashells
small paper hearts cut with a heart-shaped hole punch and colored with red marker by C
John F. Kennedy paper doll

Its the presidential paper doll that makes it art.

Published by reverendmother 4 months, 2 weeks ago in things/life/whatnot, whimsy

1 mamala Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:56 am

lovely!
2 anne Jul 3rd, 2008 at 5:32 am

someone just gave me earrings that look like the tiniest doll of a set of nesting dolls. the occasion for being given the earrings was a discussion i led of “dance of the dissident daughter”—nesting dolls are one of the symbols sue monk kidd uses in that book for what is passed on from mother to daughter to granddaughter. . . how fitting that mamala gave these dolls to her precious grands.
3 Rev. Dr. Mom Jul 3rd, 2008 at 8:58 am

I love it! Especially the JFK paper doll!
4 esperanza Jul 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm

You didn’t mention the blue cloth–I like it a lot. And I’m jealous–I’ve never had a JFK paper doll.

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