Trickster World

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Apparently I am not meant to do this.

To do anything, actually, but I'm referring to my writing.

I have been running, flat-out, for days. Pain, fatigue, migraines; they never let up, but I'm doing it anyway.

In between I squeeze in time to make sure the post at Wings's site gets done. I do my own writing, usually late, and apparently pointlessly, but I do it.

Three Night Spirits

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Our Holy Trinity.



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Friday Feature: When Fire Is the Vessel

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It's time for our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, and today, it's a beautiful little piece in keeping with this week's theme of fire. It also keeps today's feature all in the family, so to speak. It's Wings's own favorite piece by his niece, Camille Bernal, and it's one that is perfectly simple and simply perfect.

The post itself is here. Wings's main page is here. Business is still, despite the season, virtually nonexistent (not only for us; seemingly for everyone but Wal-Mart), so shares of the links at Wings's site, including the main page, are much needed and welcomed right now.  

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The Night Spirit at Dawn

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Some harvests are spiritual. And sometimes, the Night Spirit leads one into the dawn.



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#TBT: Like Moths to Flame

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It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, and today, we go back only two short years, to a piece that embodies fire and flame and . . . flowers? Yes, flowers. Also, the small but powerful spirits who sustain and are sustained by them. 

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As today's entry notes, exact replication of this piece would be impossible, thanks to the scarcity and extraordinary cost of such cabochons now. However, the style remains a classic, and if it speaks to you, he can create one from other stones (and other colors, if desired) that's entirely your own; simply use the Contact form to inquire. And, as always, shares of the site links are very much needed and welcomed.

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Here in full, behind a veil of rain.

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In an earlier incarnation, she showed her face . . . red like blood, like berries, like everything I need. This month is hers.

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One Year On, Introducing the Firebird Collection

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Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's something extra-special in light of the day's significance (which is actually two-fold). Primarily, it's a day of great personal import to Wings and me personally; secondarily, it's also the one-year anniversary of The NDN Silver Blog. That's right: We've been bringing you a new post every single day for the past 365 days (and counting).

Today, it's something truly magnificent, a new collection of Wings's latest masterworks — and together, they do indeed constitute some of his most astonishing work to date. Considering the length of his career, that's saying something. It's The Firebird Collection, and it is like nothing you've ever seen. On Saturday and Sunday, I'll be bringing you two more complementary pieces associated with the series.

The post itself is here. Wings's main page is here. Shares, as always, are very much needed and appreciated.

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