an old spinning wheel

„[…] These are all small components. This is a puzzle. And there’s such a beautiful Romanian story about a fisherman who has been waiting for his wife. And this fisherman has made one piece of this spindle for every year he has been waiting. And someday the spindle was so crammed, that he said: okay, she’s probably not coming back. And if you pull out one piece of the spindle, the whole thing will fall apart. So this also kind of refers to the bond and the wait and work you do while you spinning.” (~ 40, women, self-employed)