Just Another Day

Agueda Martinez (1898 - 2000)
My grandmother, my inspiration, working on her loom at home Medanales, New Mexico in 1995.

Below is her now famous weaving that was purchased by the Smithsoinian in 1997. You can see the similaraties between my grandmother's weaving and the two weavings I wove pictured below. As the years went by grandma added more and more labor to her weavings. Labor means to labor and weaving is a labor or love. The Spanish word labor describes the part of the weaving that takes the most time, or the designs within the weaving.




Jerga Rag Rug Weave by Agueda Martinez
Owned by The Smithsonian since 1997

In the Jerga on the left, there are only a few areas where there is no labor. These areas are at the beginning and end and between the bands where only stripes are used. Of course, the more time spent by the weaver will make the weaving more costly to the buyer.

Grandma always said, "Me gusta mucho tejer y siempre estoy bailando en el telar." ("I love to weave, and I am always dancing on the loom.")

Another Day - Paul McCartney
Every day she takes a morning bath, she wets her hair
Wraps a towel around herAs she's heading for the bedroom chair
It's Just Another Day

Slipping into stockings
Stepping into shoes
Dipping in the pocket of her raincoat
Ah, it's just another day.

At the office where the papers grow she takes a break
Drinks another coffeeAnd she finds it hard to stay awake,
It's just another day
It's just another day
It's just another aay.

Ay so sad, so sad
Sometimes she feels so sad

Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell
Ah, stay
Don't stand around

And he comes; and he stays
But he leaves the next day
So sadSometimes she feels so sad

As she posts another letter to the sound of five
People gather 'round her
And she finds it hard to stay alive
It's Just Another Day
It's Just Another Day
It's Just Another Day

AySo sad, so sadSometimes she feels so sad
Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell

Paul has always been my favorite Beatle.