a wolf angel is not a good angel

Off in remarkably little time to Maine and a beach. Yes, my family is filled with a bunch of crazy people who leave at 5. But then we get there around 10 and have all day at the beach, and *I* don’t have to drive. We also drive straight from Montreal to Florida — why waste one night at a hotel in North Carolina? (Again, I don’t ever drive these things.)

Yay for beaches! Yay for the freezing cold Atlantic. (Or not so much yay on the freezing cold part.) Yay for lovely little craftsy stores all along the seacoast area.

Also I have been thinking about finances, and about LiL’s comments before. So, a question: would people be interested in buying any of my work? I’m not exactly ready to sell things yet, but it would be a nice way to get some income. I’d guess that a small pendant like the necklace I’m wearing would cost about 10$ (it’s the size of my thumb, since there are no actual landmarks), and about 30-40$ for a panel like the large pieces — the mask, the Marsscape, the cats. This would probably include shipping to Canada, possibly to the US. Note that the Canadian dollar is at 75 centsish to the US. I don’t know how well this would work — I don’t exactly have a zillion readers who’d keep buying — but for the meantime it could cover my glass costs. Which are, um, high. (They’d be higher if I had dichroic glass. Mmmm. Dichroic glass. Pretty.) I also make boxes and kaleidoscopes and stuff (no lamps yet), but those I’d need to think about more before being able to price. And my plan is eventually (by the end of the summer) to be able to make those glass bowls and vases. It’s weird to think my hobby might be worth money; I’m still not entirely sure I’d not be cheating people when I sold things. (See? Self-doubt isn’t limited to academia.) This is just one of a few possibilities, but I’d like to have an idea of whether it’s feasible or not. (Also, maybe, eBay?) Any ideas or comments or suggestions or whatever — that would be lovely. Here or emailing me at (thank you Natalie) wolfangel@gmail.com.

But until Tuesday (unless I hit an internet cafe on the way — not unlikely), happy not-a-holiday-weekend-anywhere-else-in-North-America-suckers, I will return with beach photos and maybe stories. Water, water.

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