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I keep my metate in a corner of the kitchen. I admire the spare artistry of this tool, as striking as any piece of modern sculpture.
It’s good to be reminded that cities and states, courts and armies, writing and figuring, temples and cathedrals, all depended on those who stood to pound and knelt to grind.

I keep my metate in a corner of the kitchen. I admire the spare artistry of
this tool, as striking as any piece of modern sculpture.
It’s good to be reminded that cities and states, courts and armies, writing and figuring, temples and cathedrals, all depended on those who stood to pound and knelt to grind.