Rachel Morris / Eclectic Nature Jewelry & Design

YouTube video by Dick Gaughan - Topic Waist Deep In The Big Muddy

Now would be a good time for WikiLeaks and Anonymous and y'know, anyone else with little black book info, to make it super public. Feelin' Pete a whole lot this week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hi...

Troops - ask yourself if your orders are:
* Legal under US law
* Legal under the US constitution
* Legal under international law

At the Royal Plaza Trade Center this weekend for the Paradise City Arts festival. Join me Friday from 10 - 5, Saturday 10 - 6, and Sunday 11 - 5. festivals.paradisecityarts.com/shows/marlbo...

YouTube video by Sweet Honey in the Rock - Topic Step By Step

"Step by Step" by Pete Seeger as done by Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Step by step, the longest march
Can be won, can be won
Many stones can form an arch
Singly none, singly none
And by union what we will
Can be accomplished still
Drops of water turn a mill
Singly none, singly none

Just a couple weeks til Paradise City Arts in Marlborough, MA. A fantastic show that's easy to walk and has incredible artists from all over the country! Join us at the Royal Plaza Trade Center March 21 - 23. For details head to festivals.paradisecityarts.com

Still a few spots left in my in-person workshop at Brookfield Craft Center in CT. www.brookfieldcraft.org

Level up your basic step bezels and learn the basics of basket setting in "Cradled in Style" - this is a techniques-based workshop and is recommended for people with solid soldering skills.

YouTube video by Dar Williams - Topic Flinty Kind of Woman

I'm thinkin' Dar Williams' "Flinty Kinda Woman" is a whole 2025 mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfB4...

Department of the Inferior: Much Wow. So criminal!

Re-reading @clankorval.bsky.social's Liaden universe for the never-enough'th time as my happy place, and I feel the need to call out 47's Department of the Inferior to answer to acts of murder and mayhem and subordinate my claim to @altnps.bsky.social about now. Who's with me? #booksky #liaden

When a landlord doesn’t fix things, we can put our rent in escrow until they do.

Asking for We the People...

Where do we escrow our taxes this year?

#IRSescrow #taxes #notMYlandlord

(This post is NOT about my landlord.)

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

Doing a little prototyping of a telescoping spring-based clasp. There'll be another sidebar connector in the larger of the inside tubes, but it's sitting in alum to get rid of a broken drill bit! #clasps #handmade #artjewelry #jewelryclasses

It's a Clasps-Clasps-Clasps kinda year! But that's not all - sure, you can take clasps online or in person with me, but I'm also hitting some classics - a stone settings workshop in CT and a hollowforms 3-day online. To learn more, head to eclecticnaturejewelry.com

YouTube video by Chris & Meredith Thompson - Topic Neruda

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSty... Apropos of, y'know, nothing these days...keep writing the poetry, keep singing the songs, keep dancing the dances...keep protecting your neighbors.

"How many rapists and thieves hold federal office in the US? Many of them..." the rest of the world said.

Denali National Park & Preserve travel Explore Denali National Park & Preserve holidays and discover the best time and places to visit.

Look at this gorgeous mountain range that I, and the rest of the known world, like to and will continue to call "Denali" because we don't live in Bizarro-World USA.

www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/alaska/d...

What you can do Ten ways to resist Trump II

What you can do
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YouTube video by Peter Gabriel - Topic San Jacinto

Feelin' the Peter Gabriel today:

"We will walk on the land
We will breathe of the air
We will drink from the stream
We will live, hold the line
Hold the line, hold the line
We will live, hold the line
Hold the line, hold the line"

San Jacinto, Peter Gabriel IV www.youtube.com/watch?v=68U1...

On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

Still on Meta? Run, don't walk: Go to your Following section on Insta right now. Sort by Latest Added. Screenshot and remove anyone that may have been added w/o your consent in the last day or so. Because I know *I* didn't follow the sociopathic second-in-cheetoh-hood.
#metabullshit

klep·toc·ra·cy
/ˌklepˈtäkrəsē/
noun: kleptocracy; plural noun: kleptocracies
A society or system ruled by people who use their power to steal their country's resources.

sterling and fine silver necklace with three Chinese writing stones in progressively smaller wire circular links and a fancy clasp mechanism

Potato quality photo since my camera needs a tune-up, but here's a new piece with a knocker clasp - sterling and fine silver with three Chinese writing stones.

#artjewelry #chinesewritingstone #cabochon #sterlingsilver #pnwjeweler #oneofakind

YouTube video by Indigo Girls - Topic Letter To Eve

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzSU... Where my heart hurts for humanity these days as the inauguration approaches.

YouTube video by Wolf Tools Counterfeit Carvers

A friend and valued colleague of mine, Kate Wolf, is in yet another battle against knock-offs of her amazing waxworking tools: youtu.be/HB7RRNXZU54?... For THE best tools for wax carving, be sure you go to HER website to find a retaile #waxcarving #jewelers #artjewelers #benchjewelers #katewolftools

If you haven't visited @abqbiopark.bsky.social in the winter, go! The textures, the wonderful decaying plants...beautiful and inspirational themes that I use in my metalwork. I love bioparks in general, but ABQ's is top notch. #abqbiopark #jewelryinspo #texture #inspiration #naturerocks

'Meta plans to cut 5% of workforce: Terminations will be based on performance, per the memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said he's "decided to raise the bar" in preparation for "an intense year."' Perhaps LGBTQIA+ employees living thru his shitshow policy change can hang on to get good severance.

In person workshops will be (at least) in southern CT and Portland, OR this year. Virtual workshops are, well, open to everyone anywhere, and I try to do a time that works for most US time zones.