A chaotic, stressful mess.

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More work in progress. Six new pairs of florals, each of which will have a different pair of stones [I think it's currently queen conch shell, garnet, and golden rutilated quartz for the larger ones, and amber, carnelian, and amethyst for the smaller ones, assuming they all work out properly].  The pendant in the upper right is going to be an honor gift for someone, so not for sale.

It's been a strange day. It's the eighth anniversary of the loss of my beloved mustang, Ice [a fatal colic, the torsion caused by the shifting of a tumor we didn't know he had until shortly before it happened]. I got a nasty reminder on FB two days of both his and Miskwaki's loss, because they sent me two that had nothing to do with day or date; apparently their algo found "colic" in both and decided I should see them again. So in an odd way, I did my mourning again then already. But I miss that boy every single day, and it breaks my heart that he's not still with us as he should've been.

Walz chosen, which is the best option, although that's not saying much in this society. Also neither is especially great for Native people, despite the hype, so as a Native activist on Twitter who's from his state noted, those votes have to be earned now. A local victory, if likely a temporary one, by the county commission [barely] defeating that abomination down the road via denial of threshold permits. We've all already been collectively called NIMBYs, although the Pueblos opposition was apparently what clinched it, and I personally have been called "an inbred pos" by a white male colonizer tied to it. They can all go fuck themselves sideways.

I have a lot to tie up tonight, including, I hope, getting his next three pairs of gemstone bead earrings up. The rest of the week, and next week, and the next two weeks after that are going to be a chaotic, stressful mess, and then it's September, and we have to start thinking about the permanent fix for the roof, and nothing changes if I don't bring in sales.

Speaking of which, so is the pressure from more immediate expenses. In theory, it seems that we might be able to get the truck part replaced toward the end of this week, but who knows. I'm getting annoyed, because we need the truck working properly for my medical stuff in Santa Fe later this month. Add to that that we know it's going to be at least another grand for the labor, probably more; another grand for my own cancer screening scans coming up fast now in August. And it'll be at least $4K to take care of the permanent fix to the roof, materials and labor combined, and that will need to be done in September at the latest. The expenses from last year and the first half of this year broke us so badly that we're still way behind on everything. I have GOT to put a big chunk on our tax bill, which is weighing heavily on me constantly. [You wonder why I don't sleep? Like most of the last week? And last night, again? Apart from pain, that's one BIG reason.] 

Over last weekend, I finally got 7 new offerings [8 pieces total, 2 sold as a pair] up yesterday: Art Deco Labradorite cuff here; Art Deco purpurite cuff here [and already spoken for]; triangle wire youth bangle here; Art Nouveau vine pattern-wire youth bangle here; small Art Nouveau pattern-wire bangle pair here; malachite earrings here; and Picasso jasper earrings here [very haunted Gothic stones! now sold!]. He's finally getting a chance to get caught up a bit on stuff that he's had to back-burner since last year, and I got three more new Deco-infused pieces up last night, big solid silver classic cuff here, new wristband in shades of moon and night here, and new vintage-style naja earrings here. There's another pair of larger earrings with stones in the works, plus four Warrior Woman pins; yesterday he finished the second pair of silver-and-stone ones and Sunday, we got seven new pairs of the gemstone-bead earrings done and photographed, and all eight pairs are up at the very beginning of the Earrings Gallery as of Monday night. The new cuff is also up, and it's yesterday's feature, here. There are at least three new pairs of gemstone-bead earrings, hopefully yet tonight, and six pairs of silverwork floral earrings to come [those above], likely tomorrow. And I need to sell them all, because I still need to make sales at a rate of at least two per week for the rest of the year for us to catch up [and that's just breaking even]. So: GO BUY! PLEASE! Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Amazon cards are probably most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year, this one already far worse than the last, we really need to get 2024 onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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