Category: Sacred medals

The Spoils of Santa Fe

Posted in Collecting, Estate jewelry, Jewelry, Memoir, Navajo Silver Jewelry, Sacred medals, Santa Fe Jewelry, Southwestern Turquoise, Turquoise, Uncategorized3 Comments

It needs to be said: We go to Santa Fe to see the opera and not to buy jewelry. We’ve been going for the past nine years, during which time I have bought an absolute shitload of jewelry. Something comes over me in that rarefied air and preternaturally clear light: I become a woman possessed by turquoise, as though I… Continue reading The Spoils of Santa Fe

The Hamster Host

Posted in Collecting, Estate jewelry, Jewelry, Jewish Star, Memoir, Sacred medals, Uncategorized2 Comments

Some years ago I was trying to describe my latest purchase to my friend Iris, who deeply understands my jewelry addiction, being similarly afflicted. “Well,” I said, “it’s a tiny gold pendant, set with diamonds you can hardly see except for the sparkle. I’d say it’s about the size of…a communion wafer for a hamster.”… Continue reading The Hamster Host