Red Willow Spirit: A Flowering of Shadow and Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2020; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for the fast-changing patterns of winter weather and the season's promise of renewal and rebirth. It's a remembrance of unseasonal rainbows, of silver-limned clouds and cobalt skies, and here at Red Willow, it's a way of living, of being — of all the magic and mystery and medicine of the spirit of winter, a flowering of shadow and light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As always, his photos are available in any of the usual three formats, and the silverwork is available immediately; simply inquire via the site's Contact form. We were able to cover December's monthly expenses and some additional costs, like the hay for the horses and one load of firewood for us (but no plumbing repairs until the pandemic recedes; it's too dangerous to bring people into close quarters like that here now). But there's more firewood to cover before winter gets really under way (and it's here today, with a wind chill of 3), and there's still the process of figuring out this water/well-drilling problem, and January always brings a flurry of large once-yearly expenses that need to be covered. Meanwhile, the pandemic rages unchecked and the economy is dead (a grand total of four holiday sales this year, which will not get us much past the opening days of the new year, never mind the first six months of it), and we have a long winter to come to get through, too. And since neither the drought nor the pandemic is going anywhere, we are still going to need consistent sales to make it through the whole winter (one that has already been bitter indeed for our communities), so shares of the site links are much appreciated.  

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2020; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.