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"Resist
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- This cat is wearing a knitted “Melt the ICE” hat. Designer Paul Neary was inspired by the red tasseled hats worn by Norwegians to protest the Nazi occupation of their country during WWII. You can buy the pattern from Needle and Skein in Minnesota, https://shopneedleandskein.com/pages/melt-the-ice or from Ravelry, https://www.ravelry.com/about. All proceeds from the sales will be donated to immigrant aid agencies that help people impacted by ICE.
7/8" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep
50.00
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 | | Heaven Rage
"A robin red breast in a cage,Puts all heaven in a rage
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- William Blake, Auguries of Innocence. To me, this poem says that all things in the world are connected and that the smallest things show us the larger world. Cruelty to animals mirrors deeper human injustices and cruelty to the innocent.
5/8" tall x 9/16" diameter
46.00
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 | | Truth Authority
"Truth for authority, not authority for truth.
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- Lucretia Coffin Mott, January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880, Lucretia Mott was an American Quaker minister, abolitionist, feminist, and social reformer. She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention to be called to discuss women’s rights. In Cady Stanton’s memoir she wrote, “Nothing was too sacred for her to question, as to its rightfulness in principle and practice. It seemed to me like meeting some being from a larger planet, to find a woman who dared to question the opinion of popes, kings, synods parliaments, with the same freedom that she would criticize an editorial in the London Times.”
13/16" tall X 9/16" diameter
46.00
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"I am not young enough to know everything.
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- From the J. M. Barrie play “The Admirable Chrichton.”
5/8" tall x 1/2" diameter
42.00
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 | | We Owe Ourselves
"The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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- Louisa May Alcott
13/16" tall x 9/16" diameter
48.00
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 | | Shipwreck
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
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- Attributed to Voltaire, but interpreted and altered by historian Peter Gay.
5/8" tall x 1/2" diameter
44.00
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 | | Dog Philosopher
"The dog has the soul of a philosopher.”
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- Plato, The Republic. In book II, Socrates says that a dog ”distinguishes the face of a friend and of an enemy only by the criterion of knowing and not knowing. And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance? … And is not the love of learning the love of wisdom, which is philosophy?”
11/16" tall x 7/16" diameter
44.00
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 | | Portland Frog
"Inspired by the inflatable frog costume first worn by Seth Todd at a protest outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon that then led to the creation of the Portland Frog Brigade.
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- The all-volunteer Frog Brigade defines themselves as “a loosely-organized coalition of artist-activists dedicated to peaceful creative dissent". You can find out how to join them at their website www.portlandfrogbrigade.com.
5/8" tall x 5/8" wide x 1/4" deep
50.00
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"There is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather.
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- Christina Rossetti. This is part of a longer quotation from the poem Goblin Market: “For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands.”
5/8" tall x 11/16" diameter
46.00
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 | | True Method
"The true method of knowledge is experiment
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- William Blake
1/2" tall x 1/2" diameter
42.00
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 | | Tall Acorn Oak
- The Celts, ancient Greeks, and Romans crowned their kings and leaders with oak leaves. The Druids believed the oak had healing and protective powers. In Nordic and Celtic cultures the acorn was a symbol of life, fertility and immortality. The oak continues today as a symbol of life, strength, courage, wisdom, nobility, and stability.
1/2" square at top and bottom x 1 3/16" tall
60.00
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 | | Kindness, Fondness
"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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- Samuel Johnson
11/16" tall x 9/16" diameter
44.00
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 | | Leap
"Leap into the boundless and make it your own.
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- Zhuang Zhou
11/16" diameter x 5/8" tall
46.00
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 | | Well Mixed
"I’m not confused, I’m just well mixed.
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- Robert Frost
3/8" tall x 5/8" diameter
44.00
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 | | Fall Seven Times
"Fall seven times, stand up eight.
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- Japanese proverb
1/2” tall x 5/8” diameter
44.00
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 | | Pregare
"Pregare, sperare, e non ti preoccupare.”, “Pray, hope and don’t worry.
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- St. Pio of Petrelcina, Padre Pio is the patron saint of civil defense volunteers, but is unofficially known as the patron saint of stress relief, because of this famous advice.
3/8” tall x 9/16” diameter
42.00
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 | | Cylinder Swallows
- Tradition says that at sea, seeing a swallow is the first sign that land is near, and a swallow tattoo represented a wish for a safe return home. Swallows migrate long distances, but always return home.
11/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
46.00
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 | | Mini 3-hole Butterfly
- In Korea, butterflies symbolize happiness and romantic love. Design based on antique Korean pendant.
3/4" tall x 7/8" wide at top; 3/8" wide at bottom x 3/16" deep
46.00
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- For Native American Indians, dragonflies can symbolize invincibility and protection, or bring healing and transformation. In Japan, they symbolize agility, determinedness and victory for warriors. In China, a dragonfly is thought to be the soul of a dragon and represents harmony, good luck and prosperity.
3/4" wide at top x 5/16" wide at bottom x 1/2" tall x 3/16" deep
46.00
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 | | Ruffled Waves
5/8" diameter x 13/16" tall
46.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Hand Garden Tools
"The four sides of this bead show a garden fork, a dibble, and two different spades.
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1/2" square x 1" tall
50.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Me To Know
"For me to know and you to find out.
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- Fred (the cat) can keep a secret.
5/8" square
50.00
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