A Token of Ravenna

{They don’t build ’em like they used to!} It’s a (rare) ugly, overcast day here in Southern California.  And I know I didn’t write last week!  Naughty, naughty!  But there’s actually a story behind it.  A JEWELRY story.  The Sunday before last, my 21-month-old daughter swallowed one of my wedding bands!  Long story short, she…

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Day 139: Nothing Byzantine about these (earrings)

{Saturday afternoon at Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Italy} Visiting Ravenna with friends from the area, I sported a very modern take on jewelry (golden paper clip-looking earrings from a northern Minnesota flea market), which were a perfect juxtaposition to the Catholic church Byzantine church. -k.

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