Things that are stubborn. Cherie's out of time; donate to her if you can. We need sales, too (and subscribers and shares).

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Something as stubborn as I am. Wings always says that one of the things he loves about me is that, no matter how bad things get, I never give up. Apparently he's right, since I'm still here.  I know that brown-eyed Susan doesn't have much time now, but it'll be back next year. I intend to be, too.

First things first, because three days left means out of time: Cherie and her family need help saving their house. Go share her GoFundMe page here, and kick in if you can. She's raised just over $2K, and they need $6K THIS WEEK to retain the lawyer. I know everyone's obsessed with the election, but the candidates are raising money hand over fist now, and diverting some of that to helping a family save their home would do some actual, measurable good in this world, instead of paying for one more damn TV ad that absolutely no one will see because we all tune them out anyway. Seriously. I don't believe in the evil that is utilitarianism, and frankly, except for actual votes, if it hasn't happened now, it's not going to change a damn thing anyway. But donating that five or ten bucks to a family to keep them from becoming homeless? That's multiple actual, real lives changed for the better, and that matters.

Now, as yesterday, it's going to be yet another heavy work day for us. One change to the links in the list: I've moved the gift cards for Lowe's and Amazon back up to the top of our Amazon wishlist, because we're at the point where more things that need finishing on the house require purchases we can't afford. As I said yesterday, I also have more medical stuff upcoming, the kind that involves a referral elsewhere and cash on the barrelhead [lots of it]. We also have to make some steady sales. Winter is coming for us, too, and while we're heading into the season that normally keeps us going for months out of the year, we know we can't rely on it this year. Spirit knows we need sales now, and desperately. Repairs on both vehicles are paid, as well as a bunch of other stuff that needed to be paid now, and we squeezed out a little to help his clan brother out with heat. But the tax bill is going to haunt us for a very long time to come (plus the extra 3-figure charge we have to pay up front for the privilege of paying in installments, as though penalties and interest weren't already enough), to say nothing of the five figures' worth of medical bills remaining, and I have to send in something substantial on the latter, and soon. There's more medical stuff in the offing, too. I am exhausted, physically, mentally, and every other way, with the rapid-fire weather changes playing hell with my autoimmune disease and with my breathing issues (the cold is back morning and night, and so is my shortness of breath, in a very big way). 

I've been saying that I don't see a way to claw us out of this hole. I still don't. And it's hard to think when illness fogs your brain as badly as it does mine. There's nothing I can do right now except what I've done my whole life, which it just to keep putting one foot in front of the other. I have to make some sales, I have to find a way to bring in major amounts right now, and I don't know how, but I've got to get work trying. Wings has new work out, six brand-new pairs of earrings, and they're fabulous, plus a new 7-piece collection of coils that dropped yesterday (six remain available for purchase). It would be a small start. [He also has some major collector's items in the works, but they won't drop for at least a week or two yet, probably. And if you want to commission something for the holidays? Now is the time to do that, because time is short and the creative process is not.] 

We need sales, badly. Never moreso, frankly. What follows are links that are a means of helping a little bit. I am sick, body, mind, heart, and spirit, and there's no room for anything else:

• 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).

Please share the links. We're now officially into holiday order season, because commissions take time, so if you're planning on holiday gifts, please keep Wings's work in mind. And given what we're up against, we won't turn away donations, either, because we simply can't afford it.

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