Red skies, dangerously high winds, and cold to match. The medical bills aren't going away, so sales/subscribers/shares still needed, every day.

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Dawn yesterday. No sun yet today; too early, and a lot of clouds. Theoretically, we could be getting snow this week; it would be nice if "red sky at morning" actually meant something now.

Out of order again today, because Wings has one more piece that he wants to finish up. He couldn't buff it yesterday afternoon, because the winds were dangerously high and cold (the buffer/grinder is outside), so it'll be a few hours before I have it up. It's beautiful, and I'm feeling covetous even without it being finished yet.

I was apparently silly enough to think that things might slow down enough this weekend that we might have a little time just to be. Nope. It's apparently endless. Between this bug and the effects of the wind on my breathing and my autoimmune disease, I'm even slower than usual — my pain levels are . . . something right now. And I still have to chase $$, no matter the date, because these medical bills don't pay themselves.

Which also means, as I keep saying, that I also have to spend today (EVERY day) on work that brings in that actual scratch, sales or subscribers or otherwise. Whatever else is bearing down on me, that always has to be Job 1. Ordinarily, the sales and commissions we get this time of year are what see us through six long hard months of winter (but that has not the been the case the last couple of years); on top of ordinary winter cost of living and now this construction mess, I have more tests upcoming soon on top of the tens of thousands of dollars' worth of medical debt already trying to drive me into an early grave. Time is short for the holidays, so if you have special orders, get them in to me now so he has time to create them for you. For now, though, I'm so far behind on this day (and on the week as a whole) that I'll never catch up, so most of the rest is cut-and-paste.

Most of my attention has to be focused on bringing in money, through sales or subscribers or any other means, because the bills don't pay themselves, either, and the heavy burden I'm carrying on that score is inhibiting my ability to heal in a not-insignificant way. Please share these routinely:

• My new Patreon, The Interstices (Writing Between Worlds) (and if you subscribe today you won't be billed until January 1st for December);
• 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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