Episode 383: Water

An artist brings in a rolled up piece of parchment paper. Terrastina spreads it out on a table. She stands back. The surface of the paper bears a pencil drawing of a divining rod. Wow, she says, that takes me back. I used to use these to find water for people to drill their wells. My grandfather did that for years, says the artist. I found this in his garage when he died. Do you like it? Terrastina does not answer. She runs her hand along the edge of the image, collecting a dot of black on her fingertip.