Tuesday, May 11, 2010
A Real 4 Leaf Clover Keyring to Represent by AsLuckWouldHaveIt
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This stunning keyring has been made by carefully preserving a real four leaf clover within a handcast clear resin charm which I've added a dash of glitter to for a little pizazz & sparkle.Each leaf on a clover is said by some to represent faith, hope, love, & on a 4 leaf clover... the fourth represents luck. I hope this keyring brings all of that to you as well as a wealth of compliments on your unique taste in handmade accessories!
I find all the clovers myself... with the help of a very enthusiastic clover hunter...my little boy!
The charm measures approximately .75" x 1.25"
(27mm x40mm)This lovely keyring is so unique & naturally beautiful.
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The biggest 4-leaf clover I've ever found was on May 5th in Bucks ...
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The biggest 4-leaf clover I've ever found was on May 5th in Bucks County. Tucked it in a book and just remembered now.
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If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all - Albert Lea Tribune
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
Julie Seedorf, Something About Nothing
Published Monday, May 10, 2010
Do you have a lucky number? Do you believe a four-leaf clover will bring you luck? When is the last time you picked up a penny because you believed it would bring you good luck? Did your wish come true when you broke a wishbone with someone and you received the larger end? Do you carry a lucky rabbit’s foot in your pocket? If I visited your home would I find a horseshoe hung over your door for good luck?
I always say my lucky number is 2 because that is the day of the month I was born on, but I have never won anything with my lucky No. 2. So is it lucky for me? I was brought into this world on that day so perhaps even though I have never won anything with that number it is lucky for me.
It has been awhile since I have picked a four-leaf clover. It must have had a little bit of an effect on my life because one leaf is for faith, and faith has never let me down. One leaf is for hope, and I have great hope for today and the future. The third leaf is for love, and I have much love in my life. However, the fourth leaf is for luck. I feel very lucky to have faith, hope and love in my life.
Julie Seedorf
I pick up pennies all the time. They collect in my pockets. Find a penny pick it up and all day long you’ll have good luck. I must confess I haven’t kept track if my luck is good the days I have picked up the pennies. Since I usually save my pennies it must be lucky because a penny saved is a penny earned and those pennies were really easy to earn since I just picked them up off of the street or the floor. How much work does that take?
The last time I broke a wishbone I cut my finger. I guess I could consider myself lucky I didn’t get an infection from poking myself with the wishbone.
I used to have a rabbit’s foot. I hung it on my key chain. A rabbit’s foot is supposed to be lucky because rabbits are supposed to be lucky, and rabbits supposedly symbolize the return of spring and flowers. To see a rabbit running through your yard meant, it would be a good year to have children or your garden would be especially fertile that year. My take is that the rabbits made your garden very fertile so they could eat all of your plants. The unusual stride of the rabbit makes the back feet touch the ground in front of the front feet so the back feet are used for the rabbit foot because it is considered lucky. How lucky can it be that they ended up dead and their foot ended up on your key chain?
We had many horseshoes hanging around our yard when I was growing up. However, we never had one in the house or hanging over our door. So I can’t tell you about my experience with their magical powers. I can tell you about my experience with a horseshoe. It was attached to my horse, and he must have misunderstood the horseshoe over the door concept and kicked me with his horseshoe thinking that would bring me good luck.
I started thinking about luck this past week because I was lucky. I usually never win anything. My kids have always been lucky. My daughter started her luck out when she was just a few months old by winning a Christmas stocking that was five times her size. My oldest son would win money every time we played bingo at the local bingo night. Lost money seems to find him. My middle son won a huge TV last year. I could buy 50 lottery tickets and scratch until my fingers are numb and not win a cent.
However recently my luck changed. I visited Hill’s Gardens in Albert Lea. It was its open house, and I signed up for a door prize. I continued on and gazed longingly at all the beautiful plants and trees. My yard is in need of a makeover. There was so much to choose from. I bought my flowers and looked at some of the trees. We are losing the battle of saving my favorite tree in my yard so I was considering another tree to replace my old friend. I decided to save the decision for another day.
My husband gave me the news that Hill’s Gardens had called, and I had won a pine tree. I couldn’t believe it. My luck was changing. I felt so lucky. I am going to plant my tree. To me, that tree is going to be a symbol to remind me how lucky I am in my life.
I Googled “luck.” I found out:
Luck is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,210 at the 2000 census.
Luck (dates unknown) was an English professional cricketer who made three known appearances in major cricket matches in 1793.
Luck is a family name.
“Luck” is an 1886 short story by Mark Twain that was first published in 1891 in Harper’s Magazine. It was subsequently reprinted in 1892 in the anthology “Merry Tales”; the first British publication was in 1900, in the collection “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.”
Luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence; a superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success; to succeed by chance; to rely on luck; to carry out relying on luck.
I happen to like Tennessee Williams’ quote the best: “Luck is believing you’re lucky.”
What do you believe?
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Monday, May 10, 2010
Hexing once everyday practice - Danville News
May 10, 2010Hexing once everyday practice
Hexing once everyday practice
By Jane Kessler For The Daily Item Snyder County always has been thoroughly Pennsylvania German, a religious group of very imaginative peculiarly superstitious people.
---- — Many of our forefathers persisted in planting seeds, digging in posts and shingling roofs according to the signs of the moon. The four-leaf clover and the posted horseshoe in their thoughts were signs of good luck. No good Pennsylvania German would ever think of getting married on a Monday or leave for a honeymoon on a Friday. Who among them would regret the breaking of a mirror or the spilling of salt? Who hasn't heard about the first of May wash your freckles away?
Their beliefs were a part of their everyday life. Many of these superstitions so common generations ago are only reminisced about today, if not totally forgotten.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was scarcely a town or village in Snyder County where someone did not believe in hexing or pow-wowing. Hexing was to cast a spell or curse on some person, animal or thing. Pow-wowing was considered a healing art.
In 1825, in the area now known as Beaver Township, a family that lived there believed they were hexed by a man in the neighborhood. They claimed tables and furniture moved about automatically in the house, and that a peddler's hat was blown off his head as he entered the house. Fresh milk in the springhouse soured within a few hours. People, driven by curiosity, would be drawn to the house to see what it was all about. Magical and mystical rites were performed, and scripture texts were fastened to the doors and windows in the hope of driving out the hex, but the escapades continued. The house was destroyed by fire in 1866.
Pow-wowing was practiced by an individual believed to possess supernatural powers. In periods of illness, or great misfortune, it was believed that many things could be cured by means of gestures, by stroking the afflicted part with the hands with concoctions made from different types of plants. This, together with the repetition of Bible verses, constituted the pow-wow technique.
In March 1939, a way of pow-wowing was uncovered on the former Emanuel E. Pawling farm in Pawling Station. The discovery was made when an old oak tree was felled. Contained in the hollow trunk were several pieces of cured hard wood, human hair and some goose feathers, all in excellent condition. These were considered the necessary materials for the practice of hexing and pow-wowing. In order to cure the seizures of a child, the pow-wower sharpened his auger by the light of the setting sun and then bored holes in the oak tree at the height of the child's head. The wood used to make the containers for the hair and feathers was cured by charcoal. The following morning at sunrise, the suffering child was taken unwashed and unfed to the tree, where the child was placed with his or her back against the tree trunk. The child's hair was wound around a small piece of wood, and the feathers of a goose were placed in the containers. These pieces were then driven into the auger holes. The louder the child cried, the better and surer the cure. With the rising sun, the seizures were cured and never to return.
Not all pow-wowing was this dramatic, but it was a more simple art that was harmless, if not helpful. It is similar to faith cures, since the patient was always told he had to believe in it in order to get help from it.
n "Once Upon A Time In ...." is a Monday feature provided by the historical societies in Union, Montour, Northumberland and Snyder counties. The columns focus on people, places and objects of historical significance. Jane Kessler is a lifetime member of the Snyder County Historical Society, 30 E. Market St., Middleburg. The library is available for research from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. For information, call 837-6191 or visit schs@snydercounty.org.
Snyder County always has been thoroughly Pennsylvania German, a religious group of very imaginative and peculiarly superstitious people.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sex and the City 2: has Carrie still got it? - Telegraph.co.uk
By Emma Sibbles
Published: 11:13PM BST 04 May 2010
Photo: CHRISTIAN BLANKENHORN
Photo: CHRISTIAN BLANKENHORN
Photo: CHRISTIAN BLANKENHORN
Photo: CHRISTIAN BLANKENHORN
Sarah Jessica Parker wears dresses, including from Halston Heritage (left and centre), where she has a role as creative consultant, in 'Sex and the City 2' Photo: CHRISTIAN BLANKENHORN
With just 23 days to go until Sex and the City 2 hits cinemas, will Carrie Bradshaw and her fashion-obsessed friends inspire our wardrobes again?
For the six seasons SATC ran (from 1998 to 2006), Carrie Bradshaw – aka Sarah Jessica Parker – was a hugely influential style reference. Carrie, with the aid of the show’s stylist, Patricia Field, wooed fans with a mix of kitsch, off-kilter vintage finds and designer pieces.
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Everything she wore went stellar, from classic Ray-Ban aviators and oversized, vintage fur coats to prom skirts and giant corsages, while the show made shoe designer Manolo Blahnik a household name. Carrie’s appeal stemmed from her quirky finds, rather than catwalk trends, and her look was aspirational yet achievable. We envied her walk-in wardrobe and copied her bank-breaking shoe habit. We wore corsages to weddings, on first dates, even to the office. We wore our names around our necks emulating her “Carrie” necklace, one of many items copied on the high street.
Her most iconic outfits included the pinstripe Vivienne Westwood suit and cameo brooch she donned for her meeting at Vogue; the mottled purple coat, lace slip and hot-pink Louboutins she wore on her last date in New York with Big; and, of course, the tutu in the opening credits. She made fashion look easy and carefree: even in her most outlandish outfits, she never looked uncomfortable. And if Carrie was too kooky, there was vampish Samantha, Waspy Charlotte and yummy-mummy Miranda to choose from.
There were high expectations for the first movie, which opened in 2008 to hysteria from fans, but lukewarm critical reviews. The plot and style choices were underwhelming and the overt display of consumerism sat awkwardly with the global downturn. Despite all this, it took over $400 million.
Since the trailer for the sequel was released, excitement has built, although it’s nowhere near the hysteria of two years ago. But fans will not be deterred.
“There were 15 women huddled around one computer in our office desperate to see the trailer,” says Lisa Smosarksi, editor of Stylist. “I personally cannot wait.” She does, however, concede that seeing the film is “as much about nostalgia and fondness for the show, as well as where the story is going.”
Are we still watching for style inspiration? Fashion has grown up. The dominant mood is simplicity – and SATC is the polar opposite of this. Then again, the show was never about catwalk trends – it was about escapism and fun.
“They’re still absolutely influential,” says Smosarski. “Carrie has a way of wearing outfits that look incredibly effortless, and that’s what people want to emulate.”
Marie Claire’s associate editor Carla Bevan would like to see more of the original accessibility return. “I’m really hoping there’s a bit of individual style left after all the product placement. The joy of the show’s fashion was that anyone could throw a mish-mash of clashing styles and influences together, and look truly unique.”
Expensive designer labels feature predominantly again. Halston Heritage appears extensively in the trailer (Sarah Jessica Parker is the label’s new creative consultant). An elegant white Halston Heritage dress (matched with Louboutin Pigalle heels and a gold Chanel clutch) and a shimmering royal-blue dress by the same label (worn with Louboutin Gino T-bars and a pink Louboutin bag) have been surrounded by consumer hype.
Averyl Oates, buying director at Harvey Nichols, says: “Halston Heritage is selling amazingly right now. Whether this is because of the 'Carrie effect’, who knows?” The company is also exclusively stocking Carrie’s feathered Raven Kauffman Ale bag, which is expected to be a big seller.
Other style highlights include Carrie’s four-leaf clover necklace, her printed harem jumpsuit, and the lilac and grey skirt that she wears when she bumps into past love, Aidan.
But there are just as many misses. Miranda’s green sequin dress in the club scene is pure Abba tribute; Carrie’s tux-and-bow-tie outfit makes her look like a waiter; Samantha’s red ensemble with silver-spiked shoulders looks more like a piece of medieval torture than a style statement; and a host of Eighties faux pas leave a lot to be desired. Then there are the clichés: headscarves and floaty maxi-dresses that billow in the desert breeze as the foursome stride across sand dunes. The latest poster has Carrie in one such gown, by Pucci, spinning like a dervish, while the other three look more like they’re on their way to after-work drinks in nondescript dresses.
Maybe the magic has faded. Although it’s great to see forty and fiftysomethings working directional looks, they’re now competing with new girl crushes, although no television show has come close to capturing the style zeitgeist the way SATC did. Gossip Girl looked promising, but was ultimately too young and preppy (Alice bands, kilts and knee socks). Instead, it has fallen to celebrities such as Cheryl Cole and Victoria Beckham, politicians’ wives like Michelle Obama, as well as street-style blogs like The Sartorialist, to inspire us.
The films may have dampened our ardour for Carrie and her pals, but it seems the nostalgia women feel for the characters will continue, along with the optimism of finding the style spark they fell in love with more than a decade ago.
'Sex and the City 2’ is released on May 28
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Luck vs. Planning - Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Michelle Gerdes
- Radhika Chalasani for The Wall Street Journal
- Believing in their own good fortune can help people only in situations where they can affect the outcome. It can’t, say, help people watching a horse race they have bet on.
Are you feeling lucky? If so, that could bring you some good fortune.
In a recent column, the WSJ’s Numbers Guy reports on research that suggests that a mere belief in good luck can affect performance. Researchers told some study participants on a putting green that they were putting with a “lucky ball” and others weren’t told the ball was lucky. The group who was told the ball was lucky sank 35% more putts.
This got me thinking, how much of our juggle is under our control, and how much of it is sheer luck?
As a recovering control freak, I’m getting more comfortable with the idea that no matter how much I may plan and organize, something is going to slip past me at some point.
A couple of months ago I found an Excel spreadsheet that I kept when my daughter was first born of her eating and sleeping schedule, broken up into three-hour increments. At the time it seemed like an ingenious plan to get her “scheduled.” About 18 months later, I chuckled sympathetically at that new mom. “Scheduling” a human, let alone a newborn, just isn’t a reality. Plus, who has the time to fiddle with Excel?
Some days I get “lucky” and my daughter eats and sleeps according to a loose schedule my husband and I have worked out. This allows me, on days when I’m home, to handle chores and errands, and get a full night’s sleep so I’m fresh for work the next day. On days when I’m at work, it lets me get out the door on time, and gives my husband, working at home, the chance to get work and some chores done, too.
Other days, the plan has to be scrapped and we just go with the flow, allowing the housework to fall by the wayside and ordering pizza for dinner (with peppers and onions on particularly rough days).
But what if I had a lucky charm to help me get my daughter to nap extra-long on days when I need to do something major at home, for example. Or maybe I’d use my luck to meet deadlines as we try and put the paper to bed. Maybe I could get a a rabbit’s foot to rub when putting Clare down for a nap, or a four-leaf clover to clutch when stuck on a train on the way to work.
But, alas, the report suggests that believing in your own good fortune can help only in situations where you can affect the outcome. It can’t help with something that is out of your control, like a switching problem on New Jersey Transit rails or a little girl that is supposed to be tired and ready for a nap at 11 a.m. but just isn’t.
Readers, how much of your juggle depends on your careful planning, and how much of it is luck? Do you have any lucky charms or rituals that you use? Do they seem to be working?
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