Baren Digest                Sunday, 3 March 2002        Volume 18 : Number 1746


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From: G Wohlken <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 09:02:38 -0500
Subject: [Baren 17287] Re: Baren Digest V18 #1745 

Julio, that poem has been going around for quite a long time.  A couple 
years ago, in fact, I found it among some of my parents' papers when I 
was cleaning out their house after my mom died.  It was stuck in a book 
with a few other bits of  memorabilia saved from another relative's 
funeral.  I think it was signed "anonymous".


>"DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP"
>
>Do not stand at my grave and weep;
>I am not there. I do not sleep.
>I am a thousand winds that blow.
>I am the diamond glints on snow.
>I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
>I am the gentle autumn rain.
>When you awaken in the morning's hush
>I am the swift uplifting rush
>Of quiet birds in circled flight.
>I am the soft stars that shine at night.
>Do not stand at my grave and cry;
>I am not there. I did not die.
>
>Mike from Austria.
>



Good work Sharen, on the Palatine Exhibit!  Also, it is nice to see 
other woodcut groups have done memorials in the past.   


Thanks for taking the pictures of the Palatine show, Julio.

Gayle    





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From: John and Jan Telfer <jtelfer@iinet.net.au>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 02 23:21:27 -0000
Subject: [Baren 17288] Re:  Baren Care 

To Gayle, Maria and Barbara and others interested,

Your baren covered with bamboo leaf whether it be a cheap one or a 
"special" one, will serve you longer if the leaf is kept supple.  In 
Japan I was told to rub it occasionally with Magnolia Hair oil... I think 
that is what the "spunks" use in Japan! but a light vegetable oil will 
also suffice.

Make a pad of soft cotton layers (non fluffing type eg T shirt fabric) 
wrapped around a small plastic ice cream lid.  Pour some Magnolia oil on 
the pad and rub the baren on it, including the edges.  This will keep the 
bamboo leaf supple for longer.  But, don't soak the baren with oil 
because it will leach into your printing paper! Keep the dust and bugs 
off the Magnolia pad by storing in a plastic bag. Run your baren over 
your pad after you have finished using it each day, or week.  If it gets 
brittle that is when it will start to tear at the edges.

During printing, use a separate piece of slippery paper as Barbara and 
Graham suggested.. whether it be kitchen paper or litho paper (shiney 
side up) between your good paper and your baren.  If the baren gets a bit 
sluggish and is not running smoothly you can always rub it in your 
hair.... natural greece does wonders for a smooth working baren!  
Honest...try it.

I have several barens of different sizes ...mostly $3Australian cheapies 
and have only needed to cover my bigger second hand Japanese baren once.  
I also have one of John Root's specials and Ros Keen's Ball bearing baren 
(which also comes with instructions on how to care for it ....read it).  
I am an oily woodblock printer and use heavy 200 gsm papers and rarely do 
an edition of less than 40 - 60....well, still oily, until Graham "gets" 
to me again this Bootcamp!

Jan
Perth, Western Australia


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From: rham@bellatlantic.net
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 10:12:57 -0500
Subject: [Baren 17289] Re: poetry inspirational.... 

We recieved this poem in a card after my father died 5 yrs. ago.



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From: John and Jan Telfer <jtelfer@iinet.net.au>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 02 00:21:49 -0000
Subject: [Baren 17290] Re: Poem 

Dear Julio,


>"DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP"
>
>Do not stand at my grave and weep;
>I am not there. I do not sleep.
>I am a thousand winds that blow.
>I am the diamond glints on snow.


>I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
>I am the gentle autumn rain.

I am the shining star at night,
When you awake to the morning light.

(>When you awaken in the morning's hush
(>Of quiet birds in circled flight.
(>I am the soft stars that shine at night.)  These three lines not in my 
version.

My time has come, I am at rest,
I am the sunset in the West,
I am the clouds that race above,
Where I watch over those I love.


>Do not stand at my grave and cry;
>I am not there. I did not die,

So hear these words that her I say,
I am the love that guides your way.

>
>Mike from Austria.


Inside the verse is:
"On this headstone written for all to see, 
Engraved in stone for eternity,
A few chosen words, lest you forget,
Here rests a soul where love and courage met."  C.N.A. Day 1990 (C)

I have this verse on a card...which says: Author unknown (Revised by 
C.N.A. Day 1995)
C.N. Andre Day ... Life in Verse (R) P.O. Box 2772, Mildura 3502 
Victoria, Australia
Red Robins illustration by Wendy L. Jennings.  CWA's (Country Women's 
Association) 1992 Country Women of the year for NSW, Australia.

I have had this card for years.... I thought someone could use it for me 
one day!!!

Jan
Perth WA Aust

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From: "Jean Eger Womack" <jeaneger@jeaneger.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 08:38:25 -0800
Subject: [Baren 17291] Re:   Baren Digest V18 #1745 

Not only did those teachers intimidate me into neutralizing perfectly good
nitric acid for etching, they also left me sitting on the floor outside
their room early in the morning because the school did not give me the key
to the room as they are supposed to do for substitutes.  I must have been
crazy to apply for an art teaching job with that school.  I was so grateful
for ANY human conversation with another teacher.  And I was grateful that
the kids did not trash the chemistry room while I was there, because they
were protesting the lack of a qualified chemistry teacher. The previous
teacher was from another country and the chemistry teachers were trying to
get along with subs until they could get her back.  Finally the job was
advertised.  Later I had to stop sexual harassment in an art classroom.  The
last time I went there, I didn't have any trouble with the art classes,
although the school still didn't give me the key so I could get in the room.
The teacher wanted the room locked at lunch and there was no one around to
lock it, so I was unable to leave the room to have lunch and get some fresh
air.
    The school system denied me the professional training I asked for, about
conflict resolution.    The only conflict resolution I know about is to stop
talking to the person.  It is a sadistic kind of system, a kind of sink-or
swim system, in which many people drown.
Jean Eger Womack
e-mail: jeaneger@jeaneger.com
http://www.jeaneger.com

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From: LEAFRUTH@aol.com
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:18:25 EST
Subject: [Baren 17292] Re: Baren Digest V18 #1744 

You can iron the back of any print as long as there are no folded pieces, 
especially on Japanese paper.  I spray the back of the print lightly with 
water,  then with a not very hot iron over wax paper I iron it.  Works for 
me.....Ruth

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