Wednesday 10 March 2021

A visitation


I twisted a bit of tissue paper to clean the end of a small tube the other night, and in one second I had created a weathered saint of the sort you see on the walls of medieval churches,  complete with halo. Either I am a brilliant sculptor or someone is looking down on me after all.  All I have to do now is work out which one to pray to. That may take some time.

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  1. Darling Tom,

    Saint Stephen!

    The saint of horses, headaches and stonemasons. Perhaps the grisly death he suffered of stoning is a reminder that the tools of the trade of stonemasons can be as deadly as they are beautiful.:):)

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    1. I almost got stoned to death in the 1970s.

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    2. Perhaps that was a different kind of headache....nevertheless, Saint Stephen covers it all!!:):)

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  2. Another hidden talent discovered! How about a logo: Religious artifacts, on demand. Praying? A silent prayer works for me.

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  3. Tom, do you think this was a "sign?" Quite the accidental work of art. From across the pond.

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  4. Tom - did you tittivate it a bit or was this first twist.

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  5. Can you do it again? Or was it a one-time "miracle"!?!
    (Don't use all of the TP trying!)

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    1. I'm sure it happens every day but usually goes unnoticed.

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  6. Would you like somebody to be looking down on you?

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    1. Not any somebody. Only a Saint. Very few people look up to me in this world.

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  7. Now you just have to translate it into stone.

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    1. I would if I thought it would do any good. No faith, that's my trouble.

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    2. You don't have to have suffered from appendicitis to remove one as a surgeon...

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  8. I would choose the possibility that it's an angel guarding you.

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    1. That's a nice idea. I should never have thrown it away.

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  9. should we call you Bernadette now?

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