A ripple effect.

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Yesterday, willow, water, and wind combined to create a ripple effect. Hard to find a more perfect metaphor for yesterday, dealing with the fallout of other people's misbehavior, on the twelfth anniversary of the day my father walked on.

If ever there were ripple effects, it's in our family. This society, too, and it's why I'm out of patience for nonsense. Some of were sacrificed, and it's too late for us; that doesn't mean these children caged at the border and around the country should be offered up to appease the gods of white supremacy and political expediency.

Our own lives are rife with the fallout from these dynamics. It's the very root of why we face all the many insurmountable obstacles on medical and financial fronts that we do. And those just got worse a couple of days ago, and after giving myself a couple of days to mourn, there's nothing else I can do except keep my nose to the grindstone and bring in as much as I can as steadily as I can. That's where every free moment has to be spent, so the rest is the usual cut-and-paste.

Sales here; testimonials here; wishlist (such as it is still) here. Thanks to the two folks who sent in testimonials; once again, I'm going to try to get them up tonight, although it all depends on how the rest of the day goes. We need more folks to send them in, too. Wings dropped his new bead pieces (two necklaces; four pairs of earrings) a few days ago; you can find the summary post here. Please share their individual links, and be on the lookout for the other new works, especially the belt, which he hopes will be done finally this week. He also has two new cuffs (which, if all goes well, will drop later today or tonight, so please be on the lookout), two new necklaces, and a pair of earrings in the works. [Edit: Also, his new beads are waiting at the P.O. box here, as noted above, so he will no doubt have more in the new series of necklaces and earrings soon, four of the latter of which dropped the other day, here; these are from a U.K. lapidarist, and they are a phenomenal selection, so please share them, as well.] And while I spend every spare moment chasing those sales, there aren't many spare moments for me these days, especially with my ongoing breathing issues and whatever else is going on that they haven't identified yet. So please, help us get the word out. I've got to bring in more sales somehow.



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