Re-energized.

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Wings said a few days that I didn't have enough of his work. Yesterday he changed that a bit.

Those Water Bird earrings are fully 6 inches long. Shoulder dusters. The ring is a spinner, with a bezel-set Hachita turquoise heart accented with coral linking the two spinners across the larger band. The new cuff is covered with the detailed fine stampwork you've been seeing in a lot of his cuffs for sale lately. And the other one is one he'd made for sale, but that he felt I should be wearing instead.

I love every piece. Yes, I wore them all yesterday.

Today feels different, a product mostly, I think, of the kind of gathering clouds that usually herald a change in the weather, even though they probably don't now. It's a beautiful day, I've gotten a lot done already, and I feel re-energized somehow. It's partly the weather, which is a lot better for my joints. Partly relief at having fall and eventual winter here again, and also the absolutely spectacular foliage color everywhere yesterday, a gift we have not had here in four or five years, so even just a little rain managed to do something for us this year. Partly just general happiness with our life here, despite all the obstacles we still face, particularly the financial ones. And partly, it's having the vast majority (although not yet all) of that damn booster out of my system at last.

Still. Today it all starts back up again, the endless chasing of sales to make everything meet where it needs to. For folks who are planning on Christmas shopping with us, you will need to order early this year, because thanks to DeJoy's damage, we can't guarantee shipping times.

Also, if you're planning on commissioning gifts for the holidays, DO IT NOW. We're also dealing with the same supply-chain issues as everyone else, and at some point soon, Wings is going to have to get silver and stones to produce holiday inventory, and I'm hearing that the price is already spiking on the metals. More to the point of what customers care about, we also can't guarantee shipping times this year, because see above. But I've posted a ton of Wings's new work lately, and there will be more in the days and weeks to come. If I could sell one of the big works, like one of the belts, maybe I could get us on the drill list for the well that is the only thing that's going to keep this land alive. But I've got way too much to do and too few hours and other resources to do it. 

Anyway, I have GOT to make some sales, so links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the ladders, because see above, and coffee coffee coffee, which we're finding it harder and harder to get locally);
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And if you've been contemplating a purchase? This would be a very, very good time to do it; I've got to cover all this staggering outlay somehow and get us through what's left of the year. And right now? I have no way to do it.  But there's lots of fabulous new work, so please share all of the links. 

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