At the Goblin Market, Hardship’s local independent grocery store, an unusual person appears and examines things….

Lyra and I went to a doll and bear show in Sturbridge, MA, last weekend, and I got an antique doll with china shoulder head [head + bust] and lower hands. I know nothing about her except that she’s 12″ tall, from the 1870s according to the seller, and wearing handmade clothes from the period. I bought her specifically because she fits in with my favorite scale of dolls and, as you can see, easily becomes a fellow Hardshipper.