My father often called a quarter "two bits." This is a rather small mermaid.Clay: B-Mix / Porcelain w/grog; glazes: denim, in layers, and aqua (or something) on head and chest. The denim glaze breaks well.
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"Kipling for Keith: A Tribute" ........ 1961-2011 (click for the link)
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- Heed the reefs not yet charted Seek that green isle beyond design
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Tattoo #3
My favorite word--garsecg--from the Old English Beowulf is a kenning or poetic riddle-word for the sea. It means "the spear-man," perhaps the echo of a figure like the Norse Aegir or some other surly northern Neptune. In other texts, garsecg seems to be an adjective meaning "sea-like," "stormy" or "tempestuous."
"Oh Malachi Malarkey"
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