Three Friends on the Spinning Wheel, 1900
‘The three friends on the spinning wheel, we talk, we talk… and the tempo passes’ (Les trois amies au rouet on file, on cause, … et le tempa passe), postcard. Normandy, France taken sometime around 1900
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 500 AD
Sarthe River Bridge in Saint Céneri le Gérei, France Bridge Over Troubled Waters For thousands of years a ancient stone bridge crossing the Sarthe river in northern France has hidden a secret to immortality… Hemp! The picturesque French village of Saint Read More …
Christmas Eve Hemp Carol
Christmas Eve Hemp Carol In many hemp growing regions of Europe it was very bad luck for the women to spin or work on their hemp starting Christmas Eve and lasting until “Distaff Day” (January 7)… Much like in my Read More …