MY GRANDMOTHER S GOLD SCHOOL RING-WOm by my grandfather for most of his adult life-rests on my own ring finger now. The fluid lettering of her initials and those of her alma mater are barely legible, their tracery smoothed by the decades. Still, the delicate calligraphy of the signet ring continues to reflect personal identity, distant institutional status, an enduring marriage, family history, and time. Which is to say, it's full of information.
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