Still praying for a hard freeze now.

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Incredible asperitas clouds this morning beneath the stupid contrails. The formation above Pueblo Peak looks like a sperm whale, snout and eye clearly visible; it extended past Gallina Peak, looking like body and tail.

We've had a few scattered drops, nothing more. Plenty of wind, though, and it's finally cold. After two days of official warnings of a hard freeze overnight [neither of which even came close to fruition], maybe we'll actually get one tonight.

It would be nice, because the pollen and dust are killing me. I didn't sleep again, which I suspected might be the case, given that I couldn't take my new meds [there are two] until well after noon. More than the meds, though, it was the allergy attack, and until we get rid of all the invasive pollen floating around, that's not going to get better. So, yeah, it'll strip the leaves, which I don't like, but I'm still praying for a hard freeze now. At least I have my brain back, at least partially. It'll never be like it was when I was younger and on this stuff, but it took all of five minutes yesterday for me to feel a measurable improvement. And no, that's not placebo effect; it's how particular strains of neurodivergence respond to these medications.

Anyway. As I said yesterday, things are chaos, as usual. Payment has come, so we're good for the moment, although we will still [always] need to make weekly sales to stay above water. Haven't made one yet this week, so I need to remedy that somehow. Meanwhile, I'm taking on the project of a local-only FB group for mutual aid, because there isn't a convenient central point for such things, and local people are being forced out of their homes and otherwise suffering at a truly diabolical rate now. Somebody needs to do something, and, well . . . . 

Also, help us help other folks, and buy:  I still intend to get those two silver cuffs posted tonight, so watch for those; more earrings are on the way later this week. I posted two new pairs of earrings the other day, one incredible chrysocolla in malachite, here [sold], and another equally fabulous Red Creek jasper, here [sold just this afternoon]. I posted four new pairs of earrings last week, here [also now sold as of today], here, here [these are also sold now], and here. Last week, I posted the four new pairs of sterling silver tab earrings, all with Deco-infused stampwork and at a lower price point than most of his earrings: here, here, here, and here. That new necklace I'd been talking about [it's phenomenal] is here. In addition, his new naja pendant is up, here, and his new cuff, here. The former features both an interior pendant and amber cabs at the ends; the latter is extraordinary, two strands of Deco butterflies set with something that's not a stone, but is phenomenal all the same. The first links are the four pairs of sterling silver tab earrings with amazing stampwork that I promised. If I could sell them all, I'd feel a lot more confident about the next several weeks.

The rest of the month [hell, the rest of the year] is going to be geared around making sales, because I don't have a choice about that. I'm so tired after all the nonsense of this year to date, but I can't let up, because so far, we're not even breaking even on the year, and I will have to worry about next year's tax bill soon enough. But there's tons of new work on the site, in addition to all that's coming up shortly, so go look:

• Completed just three weekends ago, two absolutely phenomenal new cuffs, here and here;
• Completed the previous weekend, an all-new wristband, here;
• One extraordinary new belt buckle set with an incredible Skystone, here;
• Another new vintage-style cuff with a mysterious Skystone, here;
• Three new pairs of earrings in his gemstone-bead series, here, here [sold]. and here;
• Three new cuffs from last week, two set with incredible turquoise focals, one solid silver; go here, here, and here.
• Six pairs of new concha floral earrings in the Earrings Gallery here [larger are garnet, golden rutilated quartz, and malachite; smaller are amber, carnelian [sold], and iolite];
• Art Deco Labradorite cuff here;  
• Triangle wire youth bangle here; 
• Art Nouveau vine pattern-wire youth bangle here; 
• Small Art Nouveau pattern-wire bangle pair here; 
• Malachite butterfly/leaf-wing earrings here; 
• A big solid silver classic cuff here; 
• Ten Five remaining new pairs of the gemstone-bead earrings are also up in the Earrings Gallery;
• And another new cuff is also here. 

There's more on the way very soon. And I need to sell them all, because I still need to make multiple sales daily for us to catch up on the year [and that's just breaking even] and cover all the stuff still in the pipeline that needs covering [roof, more medical, etc.]. So: GO BUY! PLEASE! Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Priority is the liquid soaps and Amazon cards, 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 what's left of 2024 onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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