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I buy handmade crafts in India and sell them to benefit animal welfare organizations in India and elsewhere. Former art historian. Current packrat. Avid thrifter and vintage clothes wearer. Love 1960s and early 1970s styles. Partial to Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelite, Victorian, Renaissance and Medieval art. On a continual quest for good-looking, comfortable vegan shoes. Bhangra dancer since 2002. Fascinated by all things Indian. Vegan and animal advocate.

Check out Joyatri on Etsy for vintage clothing and other items.

 

Words I like:

"She was dressed, as usual, in an odd assortment of clothes, most of which had belonged to other people." 

Excellent Women by Barbara Pym (1913-1980)

 

“I said "Somebody should do something about that." Then I realized I am somebody.”

 Lily Tomlin

 

 

 

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Monday
Aug072006

Second Tylertown quilt square

boxer_quilt.jpgOne of the suggested themes for the quilt squares to be made by volunteers who were at the Best Friends hurricane relief center in Tylertown, Mississippi, (see previous post) is "How I got to Tylertown." One of the disturbing images in the media after Hurricane Katrina was of a boxer-type dog trapped in a house, peering out a window. In a previous post, I mentioned that these images were so upsetting, that I had to take action and go volunteer.

So, to show "how I got to Tylertown," I've depicted a boxer with a mournful expression in a window, but one with an Indian fabric curtain. The dog was my inspiration for going, and the Indian curtain represents how I was able to make the trip--with money made by selling Indian textiles. Hokey, I know.

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