ur heroes do not come to us from another world, with "powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men".
They were born here. Among us. Men & Women like you and I. Made of flesh & blood...
Citizen of the Week!
AYMOND ST. HILAIRE!
The great controversy of the
Industrial Age
was that for the first time, the world would contain objects - not created by the hand of God, nor the hand of man - but the hand of machines.
The great contrast here in the post
millenium age of the silicon chip, is that we are still surrounded of the extra- ordinary beauty wrought by the genius of hammer & chisel in the hands of a humble man, Raymond St. Hilaire.
With a life-path reminiscent of the
Lewis & Clark Expedition
the Quebec native- gold miner- Montana rancher- Bakersfield cabinet maker- Morro Bay home builder and SLO master carver belies his incredible skill-set and contributions to local landmark the Madonna Inn with his gentle manners.
Master Carver Ray St. Hilaire has fit his home with the same ornamental skills he used at the Madonna.
- Photo by Alonzo Quixana
And I thought he was just the nice guy who tolerated all my off-street parking!
Like Love Birds
with silver hair, he and his bride Eleanor are so much more.
The thoughtful WWII veteran has filled their home the way he has filled their lives with the same delicate and
precise artistic flair that brought them together on a dance floor in 1989. Would ya' cut me off a piece of that? -- Sir Edmund Dantes
