Martha Undressed

Martha was a little nervous about this post. After all, 

she's a modest gal, and well past her youth.

Even so, she's still a looker. 

She's still got graceful curves.

She has curves in all the right places. 

So I removed her current frock, and had her in her

knickers in the middle of my living room - with the window open no less.

I've seen others, flaunting their unmentionables in

polite society. Things are so different these days.

A few years ago, a lady would NEVER have shown

her underpinnings in mixed company. Martha was such a girl.

I'm not suggesting she was puritanical - after all, she once

worked in a law office. She'd seen all kinds. When I first met her
(at a thrift store in Houston) she was covered in brittle, cracked leather.

She still carries traces of those career-girl days with her.

Aside from her flour-sack beginnings, that was the only life she'd known.

When we met, I showed her a different lifestyle! She enjoyed a slower family life.

When we changed the leather for canvas, she shared a bus token with me. 

It was a round token with "Houston Transit Authority" stamped into it.

I used to wear it on a chain, but have forgotten where it is.

Before long, her clean canvas became worn and dirty.

Alas, she became a little dirty, so that canvas became a palette for a painted look.

She still remembers traces of the '80s pinks and turquoises.

Though Restoration Hardware and other stylish places 

may mimic her, she's the real deal. She'd join the ranks of the 

deconstructed, but for a few minor flaws.

So for the time being, she's sitting in the living room in her undies,

waiting for me to help her with a new white frock. 

She's changed looks half a dozen times since we met. 

She's so versatile, that Martha W. And I'm just so

glad we had the opportunity to become friends!

Here's her former look:

Word for the Day:

I Timothy 2:9-10

⁹ I also want women to dress modestly, 

with decency and propriety, not with

braided hair or gold or pearls or 

expensive clothes, ¹⁰ but with 

good deeds, appropriate for women 

who profess to worship God.

Bless you and your style today!

-Revi

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Do You Know What This Is?

On my way home from work last Friday, I saw an indoor sale.

It was on my way home, so I decided to check it out.

It was in the home of a graphic designer and jewelry-maker.

She had some lovely things, but most were beyond

my cheapskate budget. I did, however decide to spend

five dollars on this interesting little piece. 

It looks old. Most surely it's from India or Europe and not American-made.

It's either brass or bronze, with an attached lid

that appears to have a blue residue on it.

The previous owner suggested it might be an inkwell.

Even the bottom is lovely, with multiple feet.

Have you ever seen anything like this?

Please let me know if you have.

Even if I don't know what it is, it has a lovely patina

that suggests it has been useful. 

I will find a place of honor for it

among my other disowned an outcast objects.

Word for the Day:

^{Luke 14:7-11}

⁷ When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: ⁸ “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. ⁹ If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. ¹⁰ But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. ¹¹ For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

May we always be able to delay 

our honor so we may be

honored by the only one who matters.

-Revi

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