Timecatcher
Twisted In The Shape Of Eternity
Now. The sun was setting here and rising somewhere else. Amazingly, that’s how it works.
Angela was up on a stepstool, screwing a small hook into the ceiling in one corner of her bedroom.
Thomas had sent her this beautiful dreamcatcher.
Bent willow branches—as if in the shape of the eternity symbol—with a spider-web made of cord and beads, and one large feather.
She stood admiring it lightly swinging and then noticed the sun setting outside her window. The firey red ball had just sunk behind the buildings, leaving behind a delicious pink opal glow.
That time of day when the city shifts to its night phase—light switches being thrown everywhere.
Then. Thomas had left New York almost two weeks ago.
First stop was visiting a dear friend in Duluth. Both being great fans, the two managed to take a day trip to Hibbing to see Bob Dylan’s childhood home. While traveling around they went by the Leech Lake Reservation — the source of the dreamcatcher.
Thomas did want to stay longer, but he had to make his intended destination by the last week in August.
He mailed the package with a short note:
May this Ojibwe charm protect you and hold your best…
