I Say A Little Prayer For You
Do you remember that song by Dionne Warwick? I used to love it. I still like it actually. It was the first thing that popped into my head when I thought about taking a picture of my new Blessing Garland from Nepal.
I bought it yesterday while doing a little shopping at Ten Thousand Villages. I love this store! The garland is modeled after prayer flags from Tibet which "offer a way to send silent blessings on the wings of the wind." I love the way the store is arranged. Everything is really organized and you can tell the country that the items come from. Oh and the best thing is that everything is Fair Trade, so I know the artisans are making money from their products.
I bought a few other things including this ring and bracelet. If I had unlimited money or at least more than I do now, I could have dropped several hundred dollars in that store within ten minutes. I soooo had to restrain myself!
I visited the store in Coolidge Corner in Brookline. I dropped off my car to get it detailed, so now it's all nice and clean. It takes three hours, so I walked around and did some shopping. I also found an Indian store called Kashmir Food & Spices and bought some rice flour. I'm going to be using that soon!
Well, I've given myself a time limit for this blog post and it expires in two minutes, so that's all folks! And I say a little prayer for all of you.
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Comments
Limiting yourself on the blog now huh :)
kaylee - Thank you! I'm fine. My back is much better. Then again I've been taking it easy and haven't done much. I'm also trying to limit my blog time. I'm behind in my blog reading. I'm so sorry that you fainted! Take care and I'm definitely sending some prayers your way for a successful surgery.
I have always loved that song. A true musical memory of my childhood.
I really love the idea of the prayer banner/flags!
It's funny, I say prayers at night for most of the folks on my blogroll. I wonder how widespread this is, in any fashion?
hope all is good...you might like www.novica.com they sale items from all over the world and the money goes directly into the craftsman's hands.
:)
Hope to meet you at BlogHer!
I love Ten Thousand Villages and last weekend we were at the one that Nance refers to (the one in Niagara-on-the-Lake) and I saw beautiful jewelery, very much like the ones you bought, on display there. They had a ton of customers and goods were just flying out of the store!
I love that song! However, I did not know Dionne brought it out; I like the Aretha version. Guess I will have to dig into I-Tunes for that one. Love your “sneek peek” – Have yourself a great weekend.
Dezel
tera - Thank you! I hope you can find one of their stores around your way!
suldog - You're welcome! That would be interesting to look into how many people pray for their fellow bloggers. From what I see, it is pretty widespread.
capcity - You're welcome!
aviana - Thanks for the website! They have some pretty cool stuff!
bipolarlawyercook - Thanks! It is a nice visual reminder. ; )
karrie - It's such a great area to wander around and shop. I hope you find your earrings!
nance - I guess we were on the same wavelength!
kaylee - Hi! I hope you are doing well! I haven't had a chance to stop by many blogs and comment this week.
nina - Well, luckily you can still shop online! : )
dezel - I guess I always think of the Dionne version first. I hope you were able to find it. Have a great weekend too!
sai - Thanks! Yes, I think they are very similar.