Return-Path: Delivered-To: andrew@sterlingcal.com Received: from reseller401.webserversystems.com by reseller401.webserversystems.com with LMTP id UOq1AEyjOmVb4QYAchKAPA (envelope-from ) for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:35:08 -0500 Return-path: Envelope-to: andrew@sterlingcal.com Delivery-date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:35:08 -0500 Received: from mail-yb1-f170.google.com ([209.85.219.170]:49273) by reseller401.webserversystems.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qw4GB-001tdu-1u for andrew@sterlingcal.com; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:35:07 -0500 Received: by mail-yb1-f170.google.com with SMTP id 3f1490d57ef6-d9a3d737d66so826472276.2 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:35:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1698341696; x=1698946496; darn=sterlingcal.com; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=TgIrBKvPUg0H5QtvCR2wi+ky1qYdpZInnjZ0cezLt2Q=; b=AV8JlEuwvC76epi7T4CKRrEFIV1iVfLraXsVL29STMxhkYi28HpYE65WVMkm8NLmKi 1lXgaaFXEi2f0IVtD+MJsXay76BwHI6VsPRIlNI5dIQZREs30y1gCN8OnXficLZnCE+0 /0mnxrk3S+yItebbqZ58XoblS4ljmhczAJm/4tySeAIG1doJCQ/rkx/0dB6aNnjgvsyK MPde1hYuyOVdrOv61uaQL70EVPPeQqC4mt58VLZv6mCjN2Fp1ekLivHYY/RtEpVs4JhI d8hGWmBYKQga2+UBBQYPbYdlfZo77puZCADzIXFPhCdzqOuZBQXLulJakRs8gwWo/U1n /I7A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1698341696; x=1698946496; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=TgIrBKvPUg0H5QtvCR2wi+ky1qYdpZInnjZ0cezLt2Q=; b=tLGSHjBNwQeYon4deuzbzJcUcp0jIzKMNbgyN1IC0CiUPNQcESmBJYpNHEvgmgTLwr vcjK04RqUaXFm3NnCkq7h19QVw0l7ATfuADAifhj2c987ehbBnXE4o6Syor6ONDRM0mX StpKGibMaJ3hcOLczJtpcfdJi+JPou8AKytVBvq+6KZ/D88WoVZsEZ5fkNgC2JtIpPBD k5fKzInw9TvBXq6sFe5tE1Q12K1X0g8lCnD0KyrMct+vbxTQCtFDbnkOk1JRhFog2cAr C3CgMHBj0EG9xQZOn039wMsOTO0+o7mGaP2xBWFnWVzeNiH49Mbxh46ml6aBPzMkuyUe gZeA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwHZEuJGSmlu4EiOsOZST5NoZBtyptXnTYTrXk0H0FZtadNPBmH 4PH8kwSXzzuyN7FPo4jREDvUwgJfoNIijzfnLTg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IH2q2BLjvrjwZiPVt10kteHJrax7HKyTOi82/JTVylIE++vUzPYKdTtVxchmwR2uxX2NrkdL9gcvCEQRhlVETM= X-Received: by 2002:a25:587:0:b0:d9a:fe8c:c29c with SMTP id 129-20020a250587000000b00d9afe8cc29cmr17259171ybf.58.1698341696351; Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:34:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: robert brawn Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:04:45 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CThe_Porcelain_Village=E2=80=9D_by_Jonathan_Page?= To: ajillson@haysellc.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000084b26e0608a1fdb8" Bcc: andrew@sterlingcal.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 X-Spam-Score: 3 X-Spam-Bar: / X-Spam-Flag: NO --00000000000084b26e0608a1fdb8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My clay hands are becoming solid porcelain. I have always had potter=E2=80= =99s hands. The throwing water absorbs the moisturizing oils of the skin. Leaves the hands rough. The clay paste dries and cracks the skin. Leaving it red. But now my hands are hardening. In the bisque firing, my hands harden like porous greenware. The cremated carbon and sulfur escape, exhuming my soul from the earthen clay, little by little, drawing it back to its source. The soul stews out in a boiling whistl... --00000000000084b26e0608a1fdb8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --00000000000084b26e0608a1fdb8--