The Wee Peeple Newsletter
May 2025 Issue 219
Tree Spirits discuss
BARK
,,,reminding us that, when Barking up the Wee Trees
there's a vast Selection of Fabrics out there...
One can Go where no Wee Tree has gone before!
Beyond Corduroy!
well, ok, the main thing is:
the Dollmaker is back to making Dolls.. so...
Let the Dollmaking Begin!
Re-designing the straight-sided Doll Bodies..
Adding (subtracting) a
Waistline!
a simple waistline definition
(along with a smaller head...)
(..and a Fashionable Hat!)
resulting in a more feminine appearance! LOL
Oh you can just imagine!
The Dollmaker is going to have gangs of fun
designing and embellishing multitudinous fabulous new
Gowns!
Traditionally Banned from the Dollmaker's repertoire..
as a Symbol of Violence!
And yet, Now... having previously taken exception to
to the point where
she needed a crash course in Sword-making...
she who, on general principles,
formerly astutely avoided Representations of Violence
scheduled a Woodworking/Brainstorming Day
with Thomas Greisen
where, besides wrangling with the feminization of straight pieces of wood
she found herself pairing certain Sword-wielding Characters
with the Type of Sword they would use...
for example...
King Arthur and the burly Knights would have preferred a sword
which could deliver a good Bashing...
The Broad Sword
Now, for practicality
and general ease in Slashing
during pillaging, ship-boarding, and aerial rigging encounters,
Pirates and other Sea-Worthies
prefer the iconic curved blade of
The Saber Sword
(notice how Thomas seems to have an aptitude for these things... lol)
Whereas,
Musketeers, aristocratic gentlemen, besotted flamboyant fops, Inigo Montoya
and anyone whose belligerent temperament obliges
the throwing down of a Gauntlet
will likely choose
The Rapier (or Fencing) Sword
for Dueling..
This sword would be worthy of
such infamous characters as
ah, but there would always be that inherent Violence...
When the Heart and the Sword
come together...
so ok get ready. The Ultimate Shocking News is:
Our Legendary King-
Founder and Ruler of
our King who recently faced Losing his whole Kingdom..
King George is Dead
by his own hand.
Founder. Strategist. World Traveler. Collector. Businessman.
Builder of an actual functioning Kingdom.
A Kingdom which was and still is
a Lifeline for Hundreds of Artists -like the Dollmaker-
A visionary Fantasy Village
where Patrons are Playing or just happily Watching the show go by
where Artisans are appreciated and having fun
making money doing what they love to do.
That was George.
He was very good at making money by doing
what he loved to do.
A Horticulturist, he set to building Beautiful Dreamscapes..
a Rose Garden. A Water Garden. A Chapel.
All Functional...
Stages. Medieval Architecture! Stucco! Statues!
Privies with flush toilets!!
(see the "improvement" Insert below)
Always Always Pouring Money and Time and Love (and assets)
back into the Faire
for 50 years.
Showing the Artisans how it's done.. by example.
The Dollmaker has followed his example
striving every year to have "something new" in the Doll Shoppe!
Now he had his detractors, as obnoxious as he could be...
There's no denying, regrettably, that many fell (or dived) by the wayside
as will happen
during the reigns of Historical Kings...
George's Benevolence/Ruthlessness is Legend.
Right from the day he personally juried the
into
He and the Dollmaker shared a relationship of mutual Respect.
Over the Years the Dollmaker slowly realized that George was
Intentionally Helping her.
He noticed that folks rarely turned left at the front gate
so, King George built a half-a-million dollar Stage (The Odeon)
in order to draw patrons down towards the Dollmaker's Shoppe.
Around that time he also ordered
a $1000 Wee Peeple Portrait Doll of himself.
And at the Dollmaker's impudent insistence,
he threw a party so that his finished Portrait Doll
could be delivered Majestically!
For eleven years he allowed the Dollmaker
to throw a Wild Party (The Giggle Fest),
(She has always held that the Giggle Fest was a Community Service.)
and George actually listened and acted upon
the few suggestions the Dollmaker made during the Covid years...
He included her in an invitation to be part of an elite group of
TRF Artisans recruited to create a Stage Production similar to the Lion King.
And In 2011 when the Dollmaker lost her home in the Bastrop Fire
King George arrived at her Doll Shoppe and purchased
Seven Fairy and Angel Dolls totaling over $1000..
Forty eight years participating-
playing her little part as Lady Kandra, the Towne Dollmaker.
in an Event which entertained hundreds of thousands of people...
Again she marvels at the sheer number of people
whose lives this one man touched!
At the number of people whose lives were Changed!
How will this Historical Figure be remembered?
Will it be a Dollmaker or maybe a Judge or a Township- throwing together
another portrait doll of him, a man stiff-jointed,
Faceless but for a face of stone
The Key still attached to his wrist..
holding a mocked up "Heraldic Banner"
in which he represents himself
as
The King of Hearts.
King George treated the Dollmaker as a fellow Artisan.
He loved her Dolls. He loved her Shoppe.
He loved her Sign!
She was but a wee part of The Saga of King George.
But in the Dollmaker's Bio
HE figures as
a Very Important Person!
yes, some may find it strange but
The Dollmaker knew King George
as a generous and benevolent soul.
He Supported her Dollmaking business in every way he could.
She will say that she stood on the shoulders of a great man.
A true King of Hearts.
And she wholeheartedly Gives Thanks for having had that opportunity.
to run her Own precious
at
After having taken charge of the business of his own death
the Dollmaker and particularly his Poker-playing pals
couldn't help but notice..
How he symbolically makes a last Royal Appearance
on this final two-dimensional Stage...
as The Suicide King
What the? How...
He's on a veritable Playing Card? Really?
Right.
The arcane symbolism was not lost "in the shuffle" so to speak...
...quite accurate, historically speaking...
What? What?
It is understood that the new Owners (aka: the Greeks) of
are not planning to change a thing at the moment.
All the Contracts with the Vendors have been signed for this year.
Everything is basically in order.
(shakes head)
(well... it is possible that Things might get tied up in probate court for a spell...)
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Nobody knows exactly what the Future holds for the Festival.
But it seems to be in the new Owners interests to keep TRF a Kingdom-
and not parcel off the grounds as common "Real Estate".
oh faint! Heaven forbid!!
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so, right HO! and Huzzah.
Long live
A great Mother's Day with darling
daughter Shannon!
A visit to the Doll Shoppe to do routine maintenance...
Big Thanks goes out to John R for an awesome job!
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