Color change and a hectic pace, with a lot of medical bills wreaking havoc with my health. Sales/subscribers/shares all needed now.

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That's across the highway, but it's indicative of the pace of color change here now. Generally speaking, our own trees are always the last to go, but I've already noticed crisping around the edges of the leaves of those that don't have any, or at least much, yellowing yet.

Fraught day here today in terms of time and pace, and the rest of the week looks to be more of the same. Wings took the truck in this morning, but the mechanic said he likely won't have it on the hoist until mid-afternoon. A cursory glance told him a couple of things already, but I have no idea at this point whether we'll be looking at something better than the last guy's estimate, or worse. In the meantime, the guys are here working furiously to get the stairs done. They won't be finished today, but they'll be close, in relative terms; most of the big stuff will be done, and it'll largely be detail work left.

As I said yesterday, we still have huge expenses looming, particularly the medical ones. Those are not going away any time soon (nor is the hounding that accompanies them). And now, I have to get to work — with my health issues and the level of stress I'm carrying these days, I'm always behind — so the rest is cut-and-paste.

There are a lot of ways to help out. First, obviously, is sales; purchases of Wings's work (and/or work by the other artists whose art we carry) is always the first option, and it was the baseline for the construction in the first place. [And next week will be their last, most likely, because he don't have the cash to pay them beyond that for the labor — and right now, it's virtually all labor.] Second is subscribing to my Patreon page, which gets updated regularly with really cool imagery and a good amount of really good writing; if you now for September, you won't be billed until October 1st. Below there's also a link for "coffee," which allows folks to make small donations, and a couple of wishlists for keeping the animals in kibble and filling out needs around the house. In the middle is the link to Wings's PayPal account, and no, I won't turn away any donations, because we have to get this done and I have to have some peace of mind over it because I have none over my own survival these days). The only fundraising we'll be doing is right here; nowhere else. So here are all the links; please share them around, and if you are able to purchase, subscribe, donate, whatever, we'd be profoundly grateful:

• My new Patreon, The Interstices (Writing Between Worlds);
• Wings's site, for sales, with new items posted;
• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• A way to buy me coffee (which actually goes to all of our medical bills, which continue to mount);
• Amazon wishlist, which mostly consists of animal and household stuff;
• 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).

That all I've got. I'm going to be back under the gun for the next several weeks. Thanks to everyone in advance. Oh, and yes: Little Bent-Beak is still rocking away. She's a tough little girl.

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