LionessElise sends you Friday greetings. LionessElise is still recuperating, meaning in this case STILL RESTING LIKE A POTATO.

Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences? When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded. /

Have a kitty. This silly boy is Oreo. He is available for adoption in Minnesota through Pause 4 Paws. Learn more about him here: www.petfinder.com/cat/oreo-794...

COVID can give a person surprise arthritis. I already have plenty of arthritis. I do not need any more of it, thanks. It sounds like a lot of people get it in the hip. Time to dust off those pain management skills. (I walked with bone spurs in my hip joint for 12 years.) (This hurts more.)

Just came back here to share a more detailed obituary written by her friend for the @thesicktimes.org. It includes her activism in support of 🇵🇸, and her advocacy and support for people with Long Covid. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

I want people to take precautions so the world is safer for everyone—them, me, others. I want more people ending chains of transmission, which literally saves lives.

This is a sneaky one - this is why I film labradorite, take a look at that glow: oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4405... #Handmade #ShopIndie

LionessElise sends you Saturday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where all the inhabitants are learning and refining the art of RESTING LIKE A. POTATO. Today's hairdo is Fancy Convalescent.

dragonwolfdesigns.com/products/cre... An elegant pair of earrings I made based on a design by Aussie Maille. #handmade #DisabledArtist #FediGiftShop #Jewelry #SupportSmallBusiness

Outstanding thread.

LionessElise sends you Friday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where resting LIKE A POTATO is an expression of community and hope, as well as self care.

And our last sale was a whole week ago. That rate will not begin to come close to getting us through *this week*, never mind this month or next month. We urgently need to bring in multiple sales now.

As always, Wings never duplicates any work exactly, but we have on Warrior Woman currently in inventory, and he can always create a version uniquely your own. Contact form is here: wingssilverwork.com/contact/. Or just e-mail me directly at NDNSilverByWings [at] gmail [dot] com.

The serpent over her shoulder is formed of sterling silver pattern wire in a sculpted marquise/barrel pattern, both wrapped and overlaid. Bear pawprints, symbols of strength and medicine, ring the crescent moon, and she holds a stormy royal lapis cabochon in her other hand.

Her dress is simple: a single textured, stylized triangle, with a concave base, paired to form diamond shapes, the pairings repeated three times. That diamond shape signifies the Eye of Spirit, a powerful symbol of wisdom and guidance.

Here, two simple stamps form her eye on a face shown in profile, and her traditional hair bun. Her necklace is an old-style gorget, created by inverted radiant arcs edged with elk-hoof prints, evoking beads fringed with other materials.

It's not an easy process, but Wings accomplishes it, always moving forward, never back; that includes the tight spaces and sharp angles between shoulders and head, between the fingers, in the arc of the moon, and at her feet.

As noted above, the whole pin is saw-cut freehand using a jeweler's saw, which is a large upright frame with a filament-thin blade strung at center. The blade is metal, but it resembles an Eversharp lead.

Each one wears traditional dress and jewelry, which leaves plenty of room for unique designs; and each has a great heart, but occasionally, as here, it's implied from behind the other stampwork.

All share certain characteristics in common, of course. While the orientation may occasionally be reversed, all are saw-cut freehand in this same basic form and shape. All include a crescent moon in one hand, a gemstone cabochon in the other and a serpent over the shoulder, denoting prosperity.

This week's #TBT featured work dates back to 2008 or so, one in Wings's long-running signature series, "The Warrior Woman." Of the scores, perhaps hundreds of them that he's created over the last three decades, every single one is unique.

The other figurative pin is a Pueblo Fat Man pin, this one called "A Man of Prosperity": wingssilverwork.com/a-man-of-pro.... Sterling silver; old green turquoise with copper/red siltstone matrix, likely Kingman [L, natural light; R, with flash]:

First up is "For the Pollen and the Light": wingssilverwork.com/for-the-poll.... Sterling silver; citrine:

Now, tonight's inventory selections. Today's feature is a Warrior Woman pin from 17 years ago [shown below], this one set with royal lapis. We have one very different Warrior Woman in inventory, plus one other figurative pin.

I'm raising funds to support Scarleteen and y'all got me to my initial $1,000 goal so quickly that I want to push for $1,500! Thanks to a donor matching overall donations up to $10,000 if we GET to $10,000, your dollars will count twice if you help us reach our goal. www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...

LionessElise sends you Thursday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where resting LIKE A POTATO is nigh unto an art form.

Morning #Bluesky This cute wee puppy is available on my website. She is handmade from textiles and wears a beautiful red polkadot skirt. Oh, and she is holding a little bone saved for a snack later 🙃 littlebirdofparadise.bigcartel.com/product/a-sw... #MHHSBD #art #dog #bsnm #originalart #artsky

LionessElise sends you Wednesday greetings from the imaginary hamlet of Potatoville, where the main occupation is RESTING LIKE A POTATO.

Sent all orders today! There are still 3 October Booklets left! It would be great if they found new homes! skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4392...

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the misty blues of the November sky, and for the winter birds who wear its colors on their wings: wingssilverwork.com/misty-mid-au....

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

Interested in #RosalindFranklin? With help from her family, we published an anthology of stories in honor of her work and struggle, edited by @bogiperson.bsky.social and featuring stories by authors whose names you will recognize! Give it a look? For you or your local or school library? #Booksky

Telling my Senators emphatically to hold the line and DO NOT CAVE in to Republicans got me a little out of breath so obviously I still have a bunch of recovering to do. Worth it, though. Could you please also call?

Democratic leadership: YOU MUST VOTE HARDER. Democratic voters: VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY Democratic leadership: WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.

LionessElise sends you Sunday greetings from the land of REST LIKE A POTATO. Am recuperating. Have put on nice clothes because I dreamed about them and wondered if I felt well enough to do that. Turns out I do. So I shall recuperate in style today. Stylish potato!

LionessElise sends you Saturday night greetings from the land of REST LIKE A POTATO.

And it's a final short thread @WingsNDNSilver with tonight's local urgent needs. Tonight, it's a wishlist from a friend in our group, a grandma whose grandbaby needs specialized, costly formula: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/....

And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!' And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'

Recuperation from COVID continues. We continue resting LIKE A POTATO, both of us.

I can save Target Corporate a lot of training headaches. Speaking for all lifelong Upper Midwesterners of Scandinavian descent, we do not want any employees smiling at us, asking us about our day, or approaching us in any way, unless we're having some kind of medical emergency.

i fucking love wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Our food drive collected 550 pounds of food for our neighbors. That’s how we do it in Minneapolis.

Colorful Bryant Avenue bikeway and Lake Street at Lyndale Avenue. South Minneapolis, November 2025

The Minneapolis milling district delivers a moonlit moment as the sun sets Wednesday afternoon.

JUST IN: Soren Stevenson, who lost an eye due to a projectile fired by the police during the BLM protests of 2020 in Minneapolis, has won a seat on city council. @pascalsabino.bsky.social reported on his candidacy last month in a must-read: boltsmag.org/minneapolis-...

I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it. So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.

LIonessElise sends you Wednesday greetings from Minneapolis. Current status: Getting through COVID (first time ever). REST LIKE A POTATO! Apparently this is a coughing phase. OK then.

Kaohly Her will be the first Hmong mayor of St. Paul. We asked her how she wants people to pronounce her name.

I appreciate folks giving encouraging words, and if sometimes people are giving basic advice, I hope that it may be helpful for anyone on here who is at the beginning of their dealing-with-health-insurance journey. (It's not my first rodeo, but there are undoubtedly people for whom it is theirs.)