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Not far from the city gates the first encampment is busy thrusting swords and practicing best ways to pierce flesh while preparing for the big battle at hand. Over yonder ... beyond dale ... is the next encampment of allies ... also practicing their thrustings. There is no radio. The winds -- though not powerful -- are strong enough to prevent communications via smoke signals. And yet each leader of his regiment is in clear and constant touch with the leader at the other end of the dale. Oh how oh how you may all well ask. And the answer is ....
Kites! Yes my friends. Before kites were ever made into toys they were used as the only signaling devices available between allied camps. Colors counted. Patterns counted. The way the kites swayed in the air ... all these things made for a complex and moderately efficient way of staying in touch. I extrapolate. The kite is a blush-pink. It undulates back and forth in sensuous rhythm under a balmy sky. The meaning: Yo. Henry. You still making it with that pretty thing that works at the egg-roll factory?
Kites were even used--with marginal success--as one-man aircraft. Our intrepid aviator of yesteryear gripped loops at the ends of the kite and hoped for a strong wind. Up up and away ....
Kites eventually traveled to India and then to Europe. In the beginning ... they all had the same function: Military application. And then ... as they outlived their original purpose ... they became the toys they are today. And then ... and then ... that old kite-shaped toy became a paradigm for a diamond. It was called ... oddly enough ... a kite-shaped diamond. Is there no end ... I ask you dear reader ... is there no end to the originality and inventiveness of the human mind?
So now ... being the insatiable seekers of curious things I know all readers of Tidbits are ... you are probably asking: Hey. Benjamin. Some of us have never seen jewelry made of kite-shaped diamonds. We too would like our souls to soar--if not to the sky--then at least with ecstasy in seeing some kite-shaped baubles. You got something to show us ol' buddy ol' pal?
Oh how I do I do I do. Let me tell you what it is. A Pendant with five kite-shaped diamonds and a matching pair of earrings. Go take a look. Quite stunning.
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And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark
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