All the Hosts of Heaven

Our friend, Zé Maria, and his colleague, mending our streets.

If a man is called a streetsweeper
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted
or Beethoven composed music
or Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well
that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say,
"Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well."
                          - Martin Luther King, Jr

Ten years today since my Mum's funeral, as her twin sister reminded me today.

Gratefuls:
- catching up with Dan and Mireille at Morango Bar
- an amazingly hot and sunny day (we had the fire lit all day yesterday)
- NOT having to teach English today (such a weight lifted that makes me wonder if I should be doing it)