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Some things that fly free also fly home. Jewelry made in the mountains, ready to be worn for those who explore Something for everyone, check it out!

Fresh, fun, refined and rustic are all included in the unique designs from Fly Free.

10/29/2026

Part of my grand plans here involve the necessity of investigation of things.

From general life things to special interest things. Much of my life I have been on a mission to discover why do I know what I know and how do I know what I know.

In my mid twenties when I started Fly Free, I was having an identity crisis. I was very uncertain as I wasn’t quite able to put into words what my family had just done. However, I knew I was going to have to unlearn most of what I thought I knew at that point if I didn’t want to become like what my sister already was.

So in some dusty studios, I let my curiosity run rampant. It turns out I am very curious about history, geology, metallurgy, science, space, art, ya know, the basics. All of these subjects contribute to the jewelry I make.

I have some questions that I thought we could group solve in the coming weeks, but before I jump in w***y nilly, I thought we could go over some reference materials (so excited).

May I present the chart, the board and the map. First the chart: the correlated history of matter! This chart has the periodic table on it. The periodic table contains the building blocks of the fabric of our reality and weird and wonderful combinations of elements are the gemstones I get to use in my work. Curiouser.

Then the board. I don’t have a tv and I work a lot so I listen to all of the things. Documentaries, podcasts, audiobooks, you name it. If I am listening to a thing and a word is said that makes haven’t heard in awhile or there is a concept I don’t understand (neutrinos are left handed?) then I write it down here for further investigation. And curiouser!

Finally, the map. A histomap is a very useful thing for linking long chains of historical data together. Instead of a start and stop sequence, like a history book, a histomap is four thousand years of world history; mapping out the rise and fall of empires along side one another. What sparkling conversation!

This is usually where people intrinsically know two things: I spend A LOT of time alone and that I nerd out so hard on gemstones cause I like it like that.

10/28/2026

Boo!

Hooray! I’m not dead! But I do believe a reintroduction of sorts is in order.

Hello. My name is Morena and I am an Aries. I mention my tempestuous fire sign because I find myself exploring my lifelong love affair with fire and burning things down to begin again.

As ever, my trials by fire continue. Rebuilding the website and learning a new system has been a labor of love.

As it goes with the great loves in life, grief and loss come too. I turned off beeps and bops when they became too overwhelming. If I missed a message or comment from you over the past couple of months, I do apologize. I didn’t know how difficult this endeavor turned out to be.

While she still has ways to go in the polishing and spellchecking departments, I do believe it’s time to get back on the website/shop update saddle again. How could I not?

I have grand plans to close out this year of challenge after challenge with a bang.

For tonight, I wanted say hello again. And that I’ve missed you. I’m so happy I’ve found my way back here. We go on. 🔥⚒️🪶

08/11/2026

Thunder never lasts
So hold on, don’t you worry
The sun is coming back

I don’t process the world in exact timelines and perfectly rational event progressions.

It’s more like shapes and colors and frequencies.

I’ve mentioned it before, I don’t often enjoy going back into my past. There are formative events that have haunted me throughout the years. Specters crowding my shadow, seemingly regardless of my attempts to distance myself from their shade. This year in particular, some shadows have grown teeth.

Like a horrible current, the darkness again has been rising. Sly insidious hooks that I thought I had warded myself against have been finding purchase lately. I don’t like it. Hooks tearing small holes in my identity like sails torn by storms on a boat that has been sailing in unknown waters for far too long.

Fly Free is still my beacon in the tempest. I don’t know who wrote this, but as always, thank you. Thank you for your friendship. A thousand tiny touches of people consumed by their own chaos. People fighting many wars on many different fronts. Thank you.

The bastards haven’t bested us yet.

See you in the dawning. The sails will hold til then.

08/08/2026

Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Breeze driftin’ on by, you know how I feel

What a funny time. I don’t have any answers about some of the big big things. That understanding has been too far away for now.

I have a couple of answers on the small stuff! I know the boys and I have been practicing our pup pack skills since we are still a *tad bit* codependent. I know that SLAMfest is tomo and Sunday where I am setup in the southwest corner. I know that paige and the people’s band will be closing out tomorrow night. I know the smoke from a world on fire has been reminding me to show up.

Show up and show out the beautiful things that are made in the fires of chaos. Oh boy howdy, the chaos! I don’t know up from down, righty from tighty, zigging from zagging right now.

But I do know the sheen of hard solder right before it flows. I do know that the answers and understanding will come through the work I do with my hands, the stones and their stories. I do know I will get where I am going by following my feet and eight small paws.

If you would like to, come see us on the dance floor. Bogert Park from 10-8 tomo and 10-5 on Sunday. The boys are getting some pretty big britches, they could use some confirmation for their confidence.

If we can sing in the lifeboats we can dance in the fire 🔥

08/02/2026

Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails
Across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face
Along the straits of fear

I got lost in time and space, it happens easily these days. When the world feels like the ‘adventure’ or ‘character building’ k***s could be turned down a couple notches, I retreat into my work. I like getting lost in these sparkling things.

I definitely thought SLAMfest was this weekend, but it’s next! In Bogert Park. The new display is almost done, the stones are glowing and here’s for doing what you can to get to where you need to be going.

The ups and downs persist and so do I.

07/21/2026

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck gettin’ dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity?
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people lookin’ half dead
Walkin’ on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

Oh, to be young again. Like I was on May 30th. Back when I was youthful and naive to the scammy scammers that exist in the real world. I was naive to think that the biggest scammers I would know were my family, alas!

Cosmic humor is very funny. So so so funnnnnnnnnnny.

Yes. I have been feeling spicy about this whole thing. Yes. I am moving the website. Yes. I am heartbroken. Yes. I am continuing to create. Yes. There is a loud part of me that wants to give up because I am tired of being lied to. Yes. It’s too darn hot!

As I look back on the pieces I’ve been making recently, the stones are telling me the same story. Healing the cracks is just as important part of work as creating pieces in the first place ⚒️

07/09/2026

Not takin’ nothin’ from no one,give ‘em hell long as i’m breathin’
Keep kickin a🍑 in the mornin and takin’ names in the evening
Leav’em with a taste of sour as vinegar in their mouth
See they can trigger me but they never figure me out

Hot hot heat! The Shopify thing has been overwhelming and not great. But now that there is direction, I feel relief to be on the move again. More website updates coming soon! So many ends to tie up.

During June I shared some stories from WWll that have helped me gain and maintain some perspective over the years. There will always be battles to fight in this wild life so maintaining a range of tactics and strategies to make it through is something I would absolutely recommend.

Since this whole website debacle has been unfolding a new scammer battle front, I better keep going that direction since I need to maintain my sanity. Revamping strategies help focus! So today’s main takeaway is: you gotta keep moving. Even when you are overwhelmed. Even when you think that you are unprepared for the challenges you are facing, you must continue through. If you stop trying, you have given up and the cause is lost.

Do not tarry. Do not stop. Maybe try listening to some Eminem. Those early albums are a pounding march of fury through the fire, you have to get moving when you hear them 🔥⚡️🪶⚒️

06/22/2026

Give em the what for!

Alea iacta est.

The die has been cast. I’ve been trying to see what needs to be done with the website and I think I have to move it away from shopify. Sigh.

The key to success is visualizing the win. The website is some stress but I’m not forgetting to live. To feel the Montana summer is a beautiful feeling.

I’m gonna figure it out. I always do.

06/16/2026

Some rain some shine. I do like a challenge. Thank you again, as always 🪶⚡️🫶🏽

06/15/2026

The magic words.

Operation Deadstick was an insane commando mission to break the allies out of the beaches at Normandy. The idea was that two commando teams would parachute and glide behind enemy lines under the cover of darkness to start a firefight and sow confusion within the German ranks. They would only have the mu*****ns they could parachute in and handguns ain’t much against panzer tanks. By drawing the enemy’s attention to these small teams, once the code came across to the Allies, then hopefully the Allies tanks would take advantage of the confusion and route the panzer divisions out of that territory. There were a few short phrases that would indicate the operation’s success or failure.

“Ham” meant that the Caen Canal Bridge was captured and remained intact.
“Jam” indicated the same for the Orne River Bridge

Ham and jam, baby! We have the bridges, bring in the reinforcements. If you are ever in a tight spot, don’t forget to link up with your Allies.

Please enjoy these spicy earrings. Shopify is holding my shop hostage. I can’t move the website until the stolen funds are maybe* or maybe not* returned in 90 days. Okay!

I’ve made PayPal a payment option on the website for now. I have to recommend their security and encryption over Shopify Payments. I really hate scammers.

Nothing left to do but get on with living, and get on with making. I love porch season.

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