Water tales
Family vacation in Ontario. Water has taught me more by its absence than by its access we too often take for granted. Just like there are the ''hair tales'' or ''tooth tales'' I came up with from raising three boys, after 3 years of living in the House of Enchantments, where I suddenly felt a deep connection with these women and girls in Africa carrying jars of water on their heads, I came to see myself as a ''porteuse d'eau'' (water bearer) too and decided to develop the theme of H2O... My house has the annoying features of displaying faucets that are too stubborn to deliver hot water immediately. Hating to waste the running water while we wait for it to warm up, I came up with the system of filling up a pitcher in the kitchen sink and 2 plastic wastebins in my shower (that is how long it takes for the water to become warm !) so that I can use the liquid to water my bamboo plants, rose bushes and lemon tree. The week having been alre...
