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Diana Hammond , Web-Footed Wizard of Internet
Intelligence |
| The lily is a symbol of the victory of life over death
for many Earthlinx. It is often carved on our tombstones to remind us that even
though the lily dies back each year, it bursts forth to new life and growth with the
coming the Spring. Both the background and foreground carvings on this card were
taken from the gravestones at a local cemetery. |
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| Janine/Rubberaddict,
The Hoarder of Rubber |
| The image on the left is a Native American Burial and
Wounded Knee Memorial and the image on the right is a traditional graveyard scene with a
tombstone which reads, "RIP Mark Hur, Dried Up, 5/20/99". |
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| Linda Berman,
Merrymaker of Myrth |
| Zzangdar, it was a pleasure to push beyond my everyday
eraser carvings to present you with this gift. I included some rubber stamps. I'm really
glad that the carving tells the story; my interpetation might be lacking. |
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Jan Bryant, Rabbitmage of Myrth and
Zzarchival Recordizer |
The ivy that is carved upon each tomb of our lost
beloved in Rabbitlandia. The only etching of words is on the tomb of our greatest Queen,
Hazel I: she who saved us from the depredations of grues (and copied from the tombstone of
Emmeline White, died 1811, aged 36 years, buried in a small cemetery in Arkansas):
"It is not the tear at this
moment shed
When the cold turf has just been laid o'er her,
That can tell how beloved was the friend that fled
Or how deep in our hearts we deplore her.
'Tis the tear, through many a long day wept.
'Tis the life's whole path o'ershaded:
'Tis the one remembrance, fondly kept,
When all lighter griefs have faded." |
It has been a difficult thing, this carving of the
sorrow of our people.
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| Raven:
BlackFeather, Keeper of the Magick Bag. |
| Zzangdar, perhaps in your wandering of Earths green
gardens of memorial you may have missed those that are more hidden from view. Some of our
fields of headstones are small and old and sadly forgotten. These places are given over to
tangled green undergrowth and the creatures who roam the night. Many earthlings are struck
with fear at these mysterious places. |
