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Years ago, too many to count, there was a little shop in the Village that sold tiny ceramic figures. There were all sorts of animals - chickens, horses, cats, and dogs - and fantasy stuff too - fairies, gnomes, unicorns, and such. I can remember looking at them with wonder and awe at all their tiny and perfect details. I was, and still am, quite literally…charmed.
When I was even younger, my daddy built my sister and I a tiny kitchen. It is about five feet across and four feet tall. There are cabinets above a counter and in between there is a little mirror with a red curtain and white rick-rack to look like a window. There are two drawers, one on each side of the 9x13 cake pan that serves as the kitchen sink. And down below are three cupboard doors that open up to the large storage space. I still have this kitchen. I also have the chair and little trunk he also made me that Christmas. Later, he built all us girls a tiny house in the back yard where we played endlessly with the kitchen and our dolls. They were “just our size!” I was, and still am, quite literally…enchanted.