My meager efforts at advertising my summer clearance sale have netted me exactly one sale so far - but the happy thing is that none of the items were clearance merchandise. Containment No. 1 and No. 2 as well as the "Georgia O'Keeffe and the Three Bears" cuff bracelet are now on their way to parts east and I have enough in my beading fund to carry me through the rest of the year. IF I stay away from bead & gem shows, that is.

Currently working on Containment No. 4 and I have the next eight roughly sketched. Business at the book store has literally exploded; we were featured with 5 other local used book stores in the Sunday paper - we've been working madly to keep up with all the buying, selling and trading this inspired. This has limited my time for art, which made me realize all over again how important it is to the life of the soul. I felt like bits of my spirit were flaking off and floating away - I'm eternally grateful to my partner for understanding this and helping me to get back to my normal creative rhythm.