rise again....

My very best friend moved to

Oakland, California

many months ago....

I would count the months, the days, the hours,

but I can't.

I can count on one finger how many people

have changed my life

as much as this person has,

and still does, everyday, even though she is no

longer here,

in New York City,

with me.

This is her work since she left,

as beautiful and delicate as ever,

the same and so different from her.

She is the strongest person I have ever met,

and if you meet her,

or even wear her work, you will feel that strength,

and realize that life and love

are as delicate and beautiful as a string of stones:

they are strong as you make them,

yet as delicate in your grasp

 as the wind....

Rise Jewelry

has risen again, 

stronger, 

even more beautiful

and 

right where it belongs,

among the beauty, 

the wildness 

and weirdness of Oakland....

More 

Rise Jewelry

here

and

here

.