Can an item, an object, a rather meaningless piece of metal and rock, formed into a piece of jewelry, be a source of bad luck? History would seem to suggest it’s possible. There’s the curse of the Hope Diamond. And the legend that surrounds October’s birthstone, the opal, and which my mother told me when [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 6, 2009
Blame it on the Mail Man
So, Mother’s Day is coming. This Sunday, to be exact. It snuck up on me this year, it truly did. I ran out and bought cards at noon today, thinking I was still brilliant because the mail man doesn’t show up until two o’clock p.m. around these parts. I’d mail the cards, they’d arrive no [...]
