It's a bird or a palm tree, a few minutes of relaxation, a gift, a grace note. It comes from a culture where the work of hands is still valued and honored. Gracias.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Grace note
The little bathroom that I use - really a toilet and shower enclosure, about 3 by 4 feet - was getting grubbier and grubbier last year, so I asked my landlord about the possibility of tiling it. The work was done in November, and I've been enjoying the results ever since.
I never met the man who did the tile work, but he left behind something I cherish. Along with a couple of broken tiles and a small group of unused tiles, there was this tile, which he'd cut and shaped:
It's a bird or a palm tree, a few minutes of relaxation, a gift, a grace note. It comes from a culture where the work of hands is still valued and honored. Gracias.
It's a bird or a palm tree, a few minutes of relaxation, a gift, a grace note. It comes from a culture where the work of hands is still valued and honored. Gracias.
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Hi Susan--beautiful gift. It brings to mind the block print I found in Assissi, of St Francis with his head thrown back, arms lifted to the sky. Palm tree? Bird? St Francis? Eye of the beholder. :) Miss you, think of you often, always with a smile. Be well.
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