Fortune Teller’s Gypsy Gold Hoop Earrings

Fortune Teller’s

Gypsy Gold Hoop Earrings

I Once Knew a Gypsy

She was young. Her eyes flashed chestnut brown. Her hair was long and dark, with a dash of curl. She was quick to laugh, moved fast, spoke with a type of certainty that could be unnerving. She knew things no one could know or should know, not because she had been told, simply because she knew.

She claimed to have Gypsy blood. On more than one occasion she said she had bought a van, then talked about driving it through the summer and into the fall. Before winter set in, she and a few friends would circle the wagons (vans), build a huge bonfire up on a mountainside in western Maine and feast and party into the night. She would sell the van the next week. Knowing her, I’d be willing to bet she made a profit on every van. I was never invited to any of her end of season fests. I always believed it was because I didn’t have a van.

What She Wore

Earrings, she wore them often, always gold, and our Fortune Teller’s Gypsy Gold Hoop Earrings are exactly the type of earrings she would wear.

Quality

I measured the thickness of the Fortune Teller’s Gypsy Gold Hoop Earrings; they are all 1mm thick and 3mm wide. That may not seem significant; it is, however, one of the measures of quality. These are made from substantial gauge gold. Made well enough to last your lifetime and several generations more. High polished 14K yellow gold catches the light, flashes in the night.

Backpacking Europe

Stepping out of the shadows. His hand beckoned. I shook my head no. He smiled. I hesitated. He waited. His eyes said come dance with me. Colors red, yellow flaring, long skirts swirling, scarves and tambourines. Fast shadows by firelight. The fortune teller whispered, “Gold hoop earrings…”