11/07/2022
Whilst rummaging through some of my mentors boxes in the attic this weekend, I came upon an old antique mailbox 📫 that piqued my interest. From what I could tell, it was once, a brilliant robins egg blue 🪺, but over the years it had turned mostly a charred rusty brown with just hints of the blue haloing around a rivet here and there. On the front there is a metal embossing, (‘pewter repousse’ in French) that reads BOITE AUS LETTRES, or LETTER BOX. The letter box was from a small town in Alsace-Lorrain, (modern day Alsace-Moselle), an historic border region located between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains.
•Anyway, curious creature as I am, I unlatched the lid & carefully pulled out the dusty envelope that had been slumbering inside. The envelope had been sealed with a special wax that my mentor had taught me about early on in my studies. It’s a blend of beeswax 🐝 made by the same bees that make the creamy textured, golden hued, succulently sweet Miel de Cerisier, AKA French Cherry Honey 🍒 🍯 >YUMMM< & aged ambergris (or amber gris in Old French, which translates to ‘grey amber’. I will spare you the biology lesson pertaining to the origins of this particular substance, suffice to say, it is not fossilized tree resin… 🐋
•I snapped the wax seal asunder to reveal a stack of a hundred or so unused Le Masseur Golden Ticket gift cards. I was astounded. After all this time, here they were, very nearly perfectly preserved & ready to be gifted to friends & family just as they had in days of yore. And just in time for the Holidays too! 🎁 I laughed aloud & tears came to my eyes. Pierre always said that one day I would surpass him & help far more people than he could ever dream of helping. I have to admit, I never thought it possible to surpass the greatest masseur the world had ever known. But now with these Golden Tickets in hand, & the Body Boutique in full swing, I can finally see what Pierre meant!
•If you would like to purchase the gift of premium craft massage & bodywork for your loved ones this holiday season, stop by the Body Boutique, or drop me a line here or on the ol’ électronique boîte aus lettres.
Be well friends, à bientôt.
L.M.