Our Labor Day family gathering was fun on many levels, but one of its purposes was to introduce Christy’s future husband Matt to her brother’s family. One thing she has learned in the last few weeks is that when you announce your engagement you better have a ready answer to at least two questions: Have you picked out a ring? and When is the wedding? Although the second is a subject of lively conversation, along with the nature and location of the wedding celebration(s), many window shopping expeditions have resulted in a decision about the first. Matt calls it the Space Ring--since Pluto is no longer a planet under the new definition, this ring (with its resemblance to Saturn) probably qualifies as a secondary celestial body, too. In line with their artistic temperaments, their search for the perfect ring led them not to jewelry stores but to the galleries of jewelry artists and craftsmen, and they have selected the ring that suits them entirely: unique, handmade, and just far enough out in its own orbit to suggest eternity.