12 Days To Go!

My departure is fast approaching. It's amazing how time flies when you're busy. I've filled my time with two jobs, one class, and some photography appointments.

This post is going to be about the elusive blue bead. It's a tiny little thing and yet it occupies much of my waking thought.

The blue bead dates back to the days of the Dutch East India Trading Company. They were used as a currency by the slaves and as a form of barter, it is said that Manhattan was purchased from the Indians using blue beads. They are five-sided and many of the beads were stored on Statia. When the slaves were freed, many of them through the beads off the cliffs.

Image from: http://www.statiatourism.com/articlebluebeads.html

Most everyone says, you don't find a blue bead, it finds you. And once you find one it is a sign that you will return to the island again and again.

So here's to putting thoughts of the blue bead behind and waiting for one to find me :]

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