In February The Flying Carpet

celebrated the wonderous and unsung

 women

who make the world go round:

a mother

receiving blessing for her sons at shishi go san

in Kyoto

 

a lacemaker 

 stitching a life of intricacy

on the island of Burano

a grandmother

spinning on her bicycle wheel spinning wheel

in the countryside of Laos 

a farmer

selling her chickens at the morning market

in Luang Prabang

 

a shrine maiden

calligraphing a temple book

at Heian Shrine

a weaver

winding silk from a cocoon

in Cambodia

a papermaker

singing the song of her village

in Imadate

a waitress

haloed and awaiting a customer

in Mexico City

 

every day sacred