[Magdalen] Help! Lost object

[Jay Weigel]

It's a nice big faceted amethyst, and I haven't yet found it.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> Praying that the rock reappears.  What type was it?
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On Jul 21, 2015, at 9:38 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Praying, Jay.
> > Ginga
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 7/21/2015 4:50:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> A couple of years ago a woman brought me two rather large gems, one  to
> >> wrap
> >> "if I could", the other as an example of how she would like it done  "if
> >> possible>>>>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Prayers for finding the gem.
> >>
> >> This reminds me of the story of my ostrich egg painted in Ukrainian
> >> style by the Easter egg group active in the Twin Cities in the early
> >> 1970's.
> >>
> >> I bought the egg because, of course, it was beautiful, but also it  was
> >> harmonious with my Royal Crown Derby Imari pattern china (which
> >> china I have now downloaded on my daughter for the granddaughters),
> >> and made a very elegant centerpiece during Eastertide.
> >>
> >> Steve Hartwell, a former Episcopal Franciscan monk and his spouse
> >> saw the Ostrich egg one year and they were obviously strongly
> >> attracted.  Since there was at the time an active Ukrainian Easter  egg
> >> group here in NE PA, I just gave it to them and they took it back to
> >> their home in Seattle.
> >>
> >> I assumed I could get another done in a somewhat similar manner, but
> >> the organization after collecting a new, unpainted egg I found, simply
> >> fell
> >> apart, and no egg has ever replaced my original.
> >>
> >> I didn't have the inclination to ask the Hartwells to give it back.  I
> >> think now
> >> that Steve is enjoying the egg in a greater light and on another shore
> >> having
> >> passed on from liver carcinoma a couple of years ago.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> >>
> >>
>