I was born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk, or ‘there by’, as they say in Scotland. I was a posthumous child.
My father’s eyes had closed upon the light of this world six months, when mine opened on it.
There is something strange to me, even now, in the reflection that he never saw me; and something stranger yet in the shadowy remembrance that I have of my first childish associations with his white grave-stone in the churchyard, and of the indefinable compassion I used to feel for it lying out alone there in the dark night, when our little parlour was warm and bright with fire and candle, and the doors of our house were - almost cruelly, it seemed to me sometimes - bolted and locked against it.
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 1850
After discovering the above candle quote, I went to Amazon to see if the book was offered and stumbled upon the AUDIO CD ! The narrator is Frederick Davidson (1932-2005) , winner of many awards including the Golden Voice Award. Must be great to hear the text while we read our own copy.
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” There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it ”
Edith Wharton . American novelist, short story writer. 1862-1937
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“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
Siddhartha Gautama - Bhudda
Siddhartha Gautama was a spiritual teacher of enlightenment who acquired hundreds of followers in India and founded Buddhism.
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Let’s get started
1. Prepare the wick
We need to make an opening for the wick at the center top of our rubber peel-back beehive mold.
To make the hole, a tapestry needle on which you would have thread the wick or an awl, or even an icepick can do the job.
You might need pliers to pull the wick through the top. Let 3/4 inch of the wick sticking out the top of the mold.
Easier said than done !
First of all, I never succeeded to thread the wick into the hole of the needle I had chosen from my sewing kit. I must admit it wasn’t a tapestry needle but a smaller holed one. Guess I created myself misery. Consequently reverted to a small metal pick found in the toolbox in the garage. 
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