Penny Raile: Mathilda With A Hat

Unimportant Things About Me

•As a child, I did not like gathering eggs on the farm because the hens were mean.
• I played the Doris Day part in “Pillow Talk” in a high school play.
• I played defensive line woman on my girl’s football team in high school - real football, not powder puff.
• I ate dinner at a restaurant next to Vice President Bush’s table in Fort Smith, Arkansas surrounded by secret service agents.
• I played the French horn and the cymbals in my high school band – horribly.
• I was the Sports Editor of my high school paper.
• When I moved to California, I lived in Malibu. I now live near Skid Row.
• I did not finish kindergarten.

101 Things in 1001 Days

THE START OF MY LIST 1 Go to Paris and shop flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales 2 Go on a holiday trip with my entire family 3 Do stretching exercises five days a week for one month 4 Write the second edition of the Raile Family History 5 Finish the Harry Potter series 6 Create “gorilla art” 7 Make a map of every place I have been 8 Elaborately decorate my loft for Halloween 9 Invite at least four guests for dinner at the same time and everyone wears red 10 Go to Yosemite Park 11 Host a pajama party 12 Go on at least one date 13 Turn the big room into something whimsical 14 Change jobs 15 Keep a better diary 16 Set-up a trust fund 17 Write my life story 18 Create a web site to sell things 19 Make things that I am willing to sell 20 Send an admiration letter to RK 21 Visit New York 22 Attend Artfest in Seattle, Washington 23 Visit Watts Tower 24 Send out secret friend packages 25 Create a margarita bar and a coffee bar in loft 26 Read five books that I should have read in high school 27 Create five photo studies

March 2015

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The workshop I went to on Saturday inspired me to try to make some paper-dolls with various Victorian clip-art "parts." I searched through clipart.com and filtered with "Victorian" made by Dover. There were 68 pages to scroll through. I looked at everything wondering what kind of body part it could be.

Mathilda was the first to emerge. She was assembled with two spoons, a plate of something surrounded by apples, a candlestick holder turned upside down and a some boots I took from a very pretty looking child. Since the face was a bit strange, and I could not tell if it was a man or a woman, I added some more hair and made the smile not so sinister.

Next, I am going to print her parts out on card stock. Glue the sheets to more card stock for durability. Cut the parts out. And then use eyelets to make Mathilda jointed. She will end being about 15" tall.

Mad Max is next. He is quite interesting. I will post him tomorrow.

IN MEMORY of John Stucky: Today my ex-husband is being buried in Arkansas. We were married in 1974 and divorced in 1979. He was a big part of my life and I do feel for his family. He had been suffering for many years from a brain stem injury and had not been able to recognize anyone for quite some time.