1893 Whitehead and Hoag Fraternal Shaking Hands Pin Back Badge hohner and very much capturing the

and very much capturing the spirit of the creature

And the array of precisely painted trees

with dramatic nose in profile

which made me think how nice a grid of hand-braided mats in bold and unusual colors would be hung in a grid on the wall

One of them shows loss at the very bottom end

1893 Whitehead and Hoag Fraternal Shaking Hands Pin Back Badge hohner and very much capturing theI love how objects resonate in different ways at different times I can't look at this antique Masonic badge at the moment without thinking about Kamala Harris using a handshake at the beginning of the first presidential debate to launch the process of disarming Donald Trump. But, more enduringly, a great and iconic symbol of fraternal brotherhood specifically, and friendship more broadly, and I'd like to think gracious welcoming and mutual respect,