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November 10, 2004
ring around a story
today a friend complimented me my garnet ring. i replied by launching into a lengthy little story about how it was a man's ring that belonged to my great-grandmother's high school sweetheart in austria...did they have high schools in 19th century austria?...anyway whatever the equivalent would be...and she had it resized to fit her hand.
then she married someone else, moved to america and had a bunch of kids.
but then, the high school sweetheart came to america, found her in the dakotas and they ran off to california.
my friend blinked a few times, and remarked, "well, now that's a ring with a story."
thinking back...perhaps that was a bit more information than he was looking for.
Posted by heidijanet at November 10, 2004 09:06 PM
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What a wonderful story.
I'm glad you told it.
Posted by: judi at November 13, 2004 11:50 PM
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