The Weaver
Guatamala
Spring 2011
She sits all day, in the hear, on a stone. Her arms hold the loom with tension that must be tiring. She weaves 7 days a week, producing fabric as fast as she can. Her product is beautiful, filled with color and texture and years and years of family patterns.
Ships come in to the port on a regular basis, dropping off tourists who are hungry for souvenirs. Some people accept the price the woman offers. But others barter and barter and make offers that reduce her profit to just pennies. Some days, she does not have to take their offers. But other days, she is not so lucky and she is left with no other recourse but to accept pennies if she wants to feed her family that day.
