Things wonderful and beautiful. Sales and shares also very badly needed.

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A terrible shot, yes, because that's all my old camera can handle at that distance. My eyes aren't so great at that distance anymore, either, and I thought it was the harrier.

NOPE.

That right there is the first known prairie dog of the year, two months early. He's nice and fat, too. And he's held tight in the talons of a red-tail who is not either of our mated pair, because he's far too small, and thus far too young. Which leads me to believe that he is their young one. If so, this is a wonderful, beautiful thing.

One other bit of wonderful and beautiful today: She-Wolf had her follow-up today. The vet said, probably a half-dozen times, that we were doing so well with her that we should keep doing what we're doing. No ultrasound today; he went purely on our account and her behavior while there (happy and engaged; they love her, so she loves them). He refilled her antibiotics and anti-inflammatory, told me to keep doing what I'm doing slicing and dicing her prednisone and adjusting her insulin accordingly, and said he'd leave it to us to schedule a follow-up as needed. I asked him about setting one for a month out, and he said that, barring any problems in the meantime, was what he would suggest. When I got to the desk, I learned that he was charging us only for the antibiotics (the other one has to be refilled at a regular pharmacy). No charge at all for the office visit. We love this guy.

Everything else was harried and hectic, as it's been every day this week. I'm hoping that, barring a trip to the post office, we don't need to run a single other errand tomorrow or Friday, because I am unbelievably far behind by now and also exhausted (and I'm not even doing any of the labor). But we have GOT to make consistent sales if we're going to survive the rest of the winter and on into spring, so we need folks to get out the links below. For now, mostly cut-and-paste from here on in.

We still need sales, which means we need shares. Again, if you're thinking about donating, DON'T. Give it to Bobby to help get Don Feliberto back into a real home. Here's the latest update. We know what it's like not to have one; we have one now, and donations need to go there to get this elder safe again. I posted a second piece at my other site a couple of nights ago about Bobby's efforts in Puerto Rico, including his adoption of Don Feliberto to get this abandoned elder into safe space again. That will tell you what he's up against, and my e-mail's in my Blogger profile here (or you can DM at Twitter/FB); hit me up for his addresses if you want to contribute, either cash (most needed) or household and other items, some of which you can purchase outright via the Amazon Wishlist Bobby's set up here. He's added a bunch of new items, all badly needed, and I can testify to the fact that need for the power cords, the tools, and the solar lights and equipment is probably exigent at this point. That said, when you're in a situation like Don Feliberto is, it's amazing how wonderful clean clothes and good coffee can make you feel, too.

What we need are SALES. Please. Spread the word. Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away, and Wings has produced some fabulous new work (a lot of explicitly Valentine's-like in imagery). I'll posted another new work for Valentine's Day at his site late today; the link to the site itself is below. Spread all of them around on FB and Twitter and other social media. The O2 issue is now solved, but there are all the ongoing regular expenses, the astronomical medical expenses, and of course, someday we'd like to be able to get the house finished. So here are the links: 

• Tonight's post elsewhere (one very obvious example, and one personal to Wings's work, of what happens when others speak for (and over) us);
• A way to buy me coffee (which actually goes to She-Wolf's & my medical bills);
• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• Wings's site, for sales;
• Wayfair gift cards, to replenish all the furnishings that the RV has destroyed in one way or another.
• Partial registry #1, from Bed, Bath and Beyond. There are new kitchen-y things on it now, stuff that I didn't realize we'd need to replace (either because the RV ruined it or because we gave it away when we had to downsize).
• Partial registry #2, from Wayfair. There are some things left on both registries that I thought by now I might be able just to buy outright, but medical bills (mine and She-Wolf's both) have to come first.

I had planned to some new stuff to launch at my new site today (or, rather, long before today), but between lack of money and technical issues, that's still on hold. This business of ignoring my symptoms and my pain  and discomfort does seem to be helping my brain and body both find some sort of accommodation with this oh-my-god-you're-going-to-die thing that keeps happening, which is to say, every time it crops up, I smack it ruthlessly back down and force myself to sit and breathe through it. I dunno how long this will keep working, but I'm going to bulldoze my way through it as much as possible, DX or no. Thanks, everybody, from both of us, for everything. 



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