Some things in the works.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Phenomenal skies this morning. Those are called asperitas clouds, a relatively newly-named variety, and they used to show up here only in mid- to late spring. Of course, we have no norms anymore; things show up at all seasons and in all weather. And our weather right now is profoundly off-kilter.

I'm so glad last week is in the rear-view now. It was a nightmare on multiple levels, and the physical damage it did me is incalculable. I'm finally start a feel a slight rescission of my pain levels [it's never gone, and it's never not bad, but there's bad, and then there's BIG BAD]. It's going to be a busy week despite the fact that I'm hoping to go almost nowhere, so I'm scrambling. And I have some things in the works, I hope, that I'm going to be asking people to help with with regard to our local population of unhoused/unsheltered folks [and their animals]. This is supposed to be the week for gratitude, so I'll be asking folks to put their money where their mouths are, quite literally. Not gigantic amounts; just enough to cover 100 shower passes and 30 hot meals, plus some kit-bag stuff to keep on hand to give to folks as we encounter them. The kind of money that can be raised in $10 increments, but I need to people to step up now.

Because the housing crisis worsens daily here. On that note, also go here, buy something, or several somethings, off the outreach group's wishlist, and you will literally be saving a life, probably more than one. It's not really possible to overstate how bad it is out there, nor how great the need is. I've sorted it in their Priority order, but they've given out so much stuff this week that they now have new priorities: hand warmers, snacks, tarps, duct tape, two-person tents [only $22 each!], the safety stuff like flashlights and pepper spray; they also need large-size men's stuff, socks, and large- and extra-large-size dog stuff, like collars and harnesses and dog coats, further down on the list.

And then there's my own actual work. WE NEED SALES. As always at this time of year, I'm already putting in 12- to 16-hour days every day, 7 days a week, because the work won't wait, and for us, being able to help anyone else starts with us making those sales, of course. But beyond that? I also am finding myself unexpectedly under the gun on another front; besides needing to bring in enough in seasonal sales to repay a big chunk on our '24 taxes, the election has made the need to replace my laptop NOW absolutely mandatory, before the end of the year, because the price, already hellish for the one I need, will skyrocket at the first of the year. So if you're contemplating buying? Now would be a really, really good time. Our laptop is our whole work, everything, and it fails me on the daily now.

Today's feature is earrings again, but a single pair this time. They are, however, a pretty phenomenal pair; you can see the gallery entry here. So for other features, it'll be the remaining turquoise and silver earrings in inventory, five additional pairs:

• "Sacred Waters, Sacred Sky," sterling silver and Cripple Creek turquoise with hand-made ingot drops [this pair has a matching cuff, sold separately], here; 
• "An Atmospheric Love," bold Skystone hearts that look matched, but we believe one to be Royston and the other Bisbee [set into sterling silver, of course], here;
• "Where the Rivers Meet," sterling silver and boulder [ribbon] turquoise, likely Kingman, with both cabs a matched mirror-image pair, here;
• "Wild Rivers," sterling silver and ribbon [boulder] turquoise, again, likely Kingman [with a really unusual manifestation of the ribbons], here; and
• "Blue Skies," sterling silver and bright sky-blue Kingman turquoise, small, spare, simple, lightly-domed conchas, here.

There's more on the way very soon; he's got something like four more cuffs [an incredible one posted here Saturday], a couple of pendants, several new pairs of earrings [again, one, a small tiger iron pair, done yesterday and slated to go up by tonight, really, this time, or not, depending on how long I last tonight], and eventually all the new coils he'll need for holiday inventory. And I need to sell them all, because I still need to make sales weekly for us to catch up on the year and cover all the stuff still in the pipeline that needs covering [laptop, roof next year, more medical, always prepaid taxes, etc.]. So: GO BUY! 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 before it ends, so please share all of the links. 

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