The Magic Hour

The Magic Hour

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The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour
On Looking for Signs
Midweek Letters

On Looking for Signs

Plus, a few small joys.

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Caroline Cala Donofrio
Oct 26, 2023
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The Magic Hour
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On Looking for Signs
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I want to believe in signs.

I make a note of 11:11, the finding of coins from specific years, the appearance of rainbows.

My birthday—4:19—visits me often, on clocks and price tags and race bibs. I regularly wake in the early morning hours and before I catch sight of the time, I know what it will say.

Though I’ve built much of my work around interpreting…

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