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<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I speak as the one
nominally in charge of the Cloak project. I've seen several pleas around
for the names of those who helped with various projects, and I'd like to add
mine, please.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mistress Rosalia,
who ran all over creation looking for affordable lovely fabric (that blue is
just amazing). And then dug me out of a hole on a weeknight when she
should have been getting ready to leave.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>HL Amalia, who
allowed me to camp at her house for many days to avoid the distractions that had
so far kept me from good progress on those cloaks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lady Servita, who
sewed and sewed and sewed on Friday. And lent me her wisdom when things
got tangled up.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lady Katerin, who
also sewed and sewed. And dragged me off to Walmart for a break I truly
needed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lady Godisa, who
added sewing to her already over-full schedule, and kept us laughing as she
did.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sueko-san, who put
up with weeks of sketchy meals and hassles while I designed and shopped and
hoped. And participated in the hijacking to Wal-Mart (she Claimed she needed
ingredients for Friday's dinner).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lord David, who
dealt with my 'artist's personality', which translates into a messy house, not
his favorite meals, and getting his head snapped off, in amongst hauling cloaks
and equipment all over the place.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lady Maya, who made
14 beautiful beaded Ansteorran Stars to sew on over our hearts. Bless that
woman, they are beautiful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lord Arkell, who
trusted me to create 13 matched cloaks without telling anyone til the last
second.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gratefully,
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=679292500-15072004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lady Gerita del
Mare</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The years that a woman subtracts from
her age are not lost. They are added to the ages of other women. --
Diane de Poitiers (1499 - 1566)</FONT></DIV>
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