And he has shaped it as a babe that is to nurse and he has made two eyes of glass

[sovay]

Our neighbors are decorating for Halloween. This means giant inflatable ghosts, mummies, pumpkins, green-faced witches, vampire Winnie-the-Poohs, snowglobes full of mylar bats, et cetera, several of which glow at night and all of which are tasteless to the nth—yards full of this stuff, it's unbelievable. It makes me want to put up Halloween decorations of my own. Cornhusks, dog skulls, knots of old ribbon, branches of turning leaves. You know. Normal things.

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[sovay]

Your subject line reminds me, for some reason, of Otesanek.

It's from the ballad "Willie's Lady," as sung by Martin Carthy.

Which would make an awesome Halloween decoration, by the by.

Seriously!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the film? We must put it on the incredibly knobbly list.

Best. Subject. Line. Ever.

Nine

[sovay]

Have you seen the film? We must put it on the incredibly knobbly list.

I have not seen the film; it's on my list. I was told it was like Little Shop of Horrors, now with more Eastern Europe.

Best. Subject. Line. Ever.

Hee. Thank you.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

now with more Eastern Europe

And watermelons!

Nine

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That is an awesome ballad. Whenever I need an awesome ballad, I'm going to come to you.

26 years, and you already know just stacks and stacks of awesome ballads!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

That is the ballad that informed my mythscape, thirty years ago: a turning point.

Nine

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I am going to come to you, because I have it on the best authority that you have more ballads than God :-)

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Only about six or seven thousand on iChild. God has "The Bitter Withy." Andthose obliging cherries.

Nine

[sovay]

That is an awesome ballad. Whenever I need an awesome ballad, I'm going to come to you.

Come to nineweaving. She has more awesome ballads than God.

26 years, and you already know just stacks and stacks of awesome ballads!

I have obsessions to feed!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

obsessions to feed

Oh, run with them. Definitely.