Being an older citizen and having not grown up with computers but learning them as a necessity this is a strange new world for me. I realize this sounds weird to a lot of you but I also know that I am much more advanced than loads of people out there...blogging, blogger, to be blogged, hummmm.
The reason for my blog is this, I am trying to start an internet business and it was recommended by someone in the "know" that I start a blog to help promote the business. To me this whole thing is scary beyond belief but a person has got to do what a person has got to do to try to be free from the idiots who seem to run the corporate world.
My story is this, I have worked the vast majority of my adult life for people who have little or no compassion for the little guy just trying to make a buck and have a little something for themselves, like security, not a lot to ask for or is it? I have spent the last 39 years working for other people and the latest gig has me out of work because I was loyal to someone that other people didn't like. Not only that but because I have gotten to that certain age that I feel I don't need to apologize for myself nor do I feel I have to agree with everyone in authority, better put, kiss ass I now find myself on unemployment. Speaking of which, unemployment is now starting to put the screw to me about getting work.
I am tired unto death of being subjected to people who have a problem with their authority over others. Have you ever noticed that they are quite secure in their jobs so they take a great deal of relish in lay you off? My life has once again been disrupted by some twit who for some reason dislikes me, not because I was doing a bad job mind you, the twit just didn't like me.
Okay, I got off track and let the bitterness come out and I can't promise it won't happen again but for now, I move on. I decided after a couple of years of making things and trying to sell them at craft fairs that maybe I'd better try taking things to the next step, the net. Not only may I sell some things but if I try to write off business expenses on my taxes next year without doing this not only will the twit not like me but the IRS will probably come confiscate my animals.
My business is called Saha's Beadworks and it is "ho-hum" jewelry. To be honest it isn't something I choose to do, it choose me and it's been really kind of weird for me to have these things come out of my mind. After years of struggling with a need to make something beautiful with my hands and mind that contained color and movement and failing for one reason or another mostly my own insecurities, I fell across beading and making necklaces and bracelets, hat bands and other things.
What I make for the most part are things that I would like to have been able to find out in the world when I had money to buy them. I have always loved adornment, you know, jewelry but not the usual diamond ring stuff more the unusual things that stand out without costing an arm and a leg and say something about the person who wears it, like "I have a sense of style and I doubt that you will find anything else like this because it's one of a kind".
So this is what I'm trying to do, I am trying to feed my need for creativity, money and freedom all at the same time but I can't do this by myself, I need for people to see my stuff and like it well enough to buy it and maybe come back again and again thus my need to blog. As time goes on and I get the hang of this I will put some of my creations on here in case anyone actually reads these things so that you may see what it is that I make. For now if you have actually read this, thanks and I hope I haven't bored you with my every day life.
Merry
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Saha's Story-The Tale of a Wild Mustang
In 2001 I adopted her and two other wild mustangs, from the BLM wild horse facility in Palomino Valley, just outside of Reno, Nevada. It took me from July until October of that year to be able to touch her with even one finger and get her to eat leaves out of my hands. I was in love.
In October of 2001 she was injured by one or both of the other mustangs. I didn't know it was an injury. Instead, I thought she might have started to colic because she was laying on the ground rolling and would not get up. Colic can kill a horse... and it is not an easy death.
I called every vet in the phone book looking for one who would come out and treat a wild mustang. The answer was always "no." This went on for two days until I came across a brave vet who said she'd come out to see what could be done.
When the vet got to our place, Saha had been laying on her side for two days. I was afraid we would have to put her down. It broke my heart but I wasn't going to let her suffer any longer than she already had.
The vet got Saha rolled over and then up onto her feet. That's when we found out she was injured instead of having colic.
Saha was in recovery from October 2001 until April 2002 when she began getting up on her own. Until that time I had to roll her every day and then walk her in the desert to rehabilitate her injury and let her eat sage brush. According to the vet, sage has healing properties for wild horses.
We never found out if it was her spine or her pelvis that was stepped on by the other horses. Either way it doesn't matter since the end result is that Saha is unsuitable for riding or breeding. She remains my very large hairy pet.
For those 6 months that Saha and I walked and worked together to make her well we became good friends. I learned what toughness, trust and vulnerability are about, so I thought it only fitting to name my business after my beautiful, strong Saha.
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- Merry vonBrauch
- Silver Springs, Nevada, United States
- You can see more of my things by going to www.sahasbeadworks.com