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Cara Lindell's avatar

Ah, those omens! I’m reading The Alchemist right now and your post could have been a chapter.

Deborah Bayer's avatar

That book has been mentioned to me twice recently. Must be time to re-read it!

Sue Reynolds's avatar

This is a beautiful piece of flash prose. I appreciate the speaker's awareness of forces at work in terms of signs and symbols, gifts given and received. And the time span of the use of the ring seems momentous.

Deborah Bayer's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Sue! It helps when a reader gets what I'm trying to say.