Popsicle sticks...
Chenille Kraft 377401 Sticks Natural
Occasions of Sin takes place in Germany between the world wars and focuses on a moneyed but mysterious countess and physician, Margarethe von Stahle. The year is 1931 and author Elena Graf opens this compelling tale in the cloistered convent of Obberoth, whose walls seem to whisper as nuns silently come and go. The atmosphere is charged with suppressed desire, untold secrets and perhaps scandals, the hush of centuries, and a layer of sensuality so thick you could cut it with a dueling sword. Dr. von Stahle has arrived to interview a young nurse new to the convent, Sister Augustine, whose beauty is so striking that her habit cannot conceal and indeed can barely contain it. And Sister Augustine has a few secrets of her own. (I should mention that the book is historical fiction but so vividly drawn that I reminded myself repeatedly that it was not history.)
As the story unfolds, the author maintains the tension between Dr. von Stahle and her aunt, the Mother Superior of the convent, the unfolding attraction between the doctor and Sister Augustine, the untold secrets of the characters, the inherent conflicts between science and religion, the sexual decadence in Weimar Berlin's notorious nightclubs, the street battles incited by Nazi brownshirts shortly before Hitler came to power--and the conflicts inherent in every person of soul and conscience. I don't know how author Graf evokes this time so vividly, unless she did an enormous research, is married to a nun, or has the ability to time-travel.
The real power and beauty of the book for me was the love affair that slowly and at times painfully develops between Dr. von Stahle and Sister Augustine in an incipiently fascist Germany, where any transgressions of the established order can mean ostracism or worse. I don't want to tell too much of the story lest I spoil your pleasure, but some of the most haunting, lyrical passages invoke women's love for each other in a way that could only be called timeless. And here the story comes full circle--a circle as full as birth and death. A very accomplished first novel. Highly recommended.
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I purchase these craft sticks for our office and use them to stir coffee. They are way cheaper than plastic spoons and just the right size for the coffee cups we use.
You can never have too many craft sticks, and you don't need to go anywhere else to get them.
THANKS!!!
I bought these without really having any end product or objective in mind. However, I would suggest having a hot glue gun on hand if you get the craft sticks. Since getting them, my daughter and I have created space ships, villages, a farm house, and the traditional towers.
I find myself the Mr. Wilson to my neighbor's child
who is definitely a "Dennis the Menace" But you
have to love the kid. So when he asks for help with
a school project it's great fun to help him. On this
occassion he needed to build a model home, set
it on fire (a very controlled one) videotape it and
explain how a fire doubles every 66 seconds. So
we spent almost two weeks building a model out
of hundreds of popsicle sticks and Elmer's glue.
The box of sticks was very inexpensive and they
worked perfectly. (Oh, and my "Dennis"
got an "A").
WORTH THE MONEY. MY CHILDREN LOVED THEM. WITH THESE CRAFT STICKS, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.
My best friend's dad, which I call dad too, loves building houses, barns, furniture, etc out of craft sticks. He is actually very good at it. So I bought this as part of his Christmas present. He loves them. I sure they will be gone in no time at all.
This product is very good. The box is pretty heavy though for a bunch of wooden sticks. The box does not look like the picture though, and I had to throw away about 10 of the sticks due to them being chipped, or corroded.
The items came as advertised and faster than I had anticipated. I am pleased with the product. I highly recommend.