Out of the darkness.

Come forth into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.
-William Wordsworth

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A love letter from Mary Wordsworth in response to her husband, William.

Who better to write the world’s most memorable love letters than the world’s most famous writers? And just imagine if that love letter came from a husband that was one of the most famous English Romantic poets, William Wordsworth? Here is his wife’s response to a letter sadly lost to us…

Oh My William! It is not in my power to tell thee how I have been affected by this dearest of all letters – it was so unexpected – so new a thing to see the breathing of thy inmost heart upon paper that I was quite overpowered, & now that I sit down to answer thee in the loneliness & depth of that love which unites us & which cannot be felt but by ourselves, I am so agitated & my eyes are so bedimmed that I scarcely know how to proceed…

Wordsworth’s marriage to his second wife, Mary Hutchinson, would come at a difficult time for the English poet. Two of his children would soon die, his brother would be lost at sea and his sister would suffer an emotional breakdown. Throughout, his love for his wife Mary shines through – even if we can only catch second-hand glimpses of it…

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A timeless and poetic take on turquoise.

I always thought of turquoise as the carnation of the jewelry world, corny, a little dated and decidedly inelegant. Until I saw Pippa Small’s opulent turquoise double Greek ring, that is. Revealing the flawless technique of a master artisan at her best, the richly variated color and exquisite setting imbues the stunning piece with a vibrant aliveness that makes the ring the very essence of lust-worthiness.

Made from either Old Iranian turquoise—which is considered the purest—or American from the old mines of Arizona, the setting is 18 karat yellow gold. Like the maligned carnation, “a moment’s ornament” is also a bloom designed to last.

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“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”

-William Wordsworth

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