[Magdalen] Help! Lost object

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Have you checked under chair and sofa cushions. Seriously   
Lynn

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On Jul 21, 2015, at 9:24 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

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.
>