Wearable art. Why, yes, I did wear them to the post office yesterday. Where else am I gonna wear them these days? Unlike the colonizers intent on killing us all, we haven't gone out to dinner in more than a year. We usually go twice a year: my birthday, and our anniversary. Last year, things kept getting in the way of going out for our anniversary, mostly that we weren't feeling well for months on end (which now makes me wonder, since we know now that this virus was in the country as early as September of 2019), and we'll be doing well if we're able to do it next year. Certainly none of that now, even if we could afford it.
But we can't anyway. I also have to get us through the rest of the year safely. My next big thing is finding a way to cover Wings's aids, because this is one of those things that urgent now. One sale of 3 grand would do it; whatever, I have to raise it, and so I'm going to be back to flogging sales daily, hard. I also have to cover Miika's hoof work, the hay, and more immediately, the plumbing.
My laptop is still slowly dying, as is my camera, both of which are integral parts of our work. I hope they make it through year's end, but they may not. The laptop is down to one working port, and if I lose that, I'm screwed. And of course, I still need to figure out how to cover the ~$15K for drilling the well, so that maybe in future years, we won't be over this particular barrel. I have no idea how I'm going to do all this, but I do know that we need to make steady sales to survive. If you're in the market to buy, please consider us, because two episodes of nearly dying were more than enough, but this year is already damn near killing me, and I have to get us through into next year safely somehow.
Winter is coming, tomorrow, and so I've got to get one with today's prep. But even so, neither the drought nor the pandemic is going anywhere. Nor is all the fallout from it (see above), nor the big-ticket items I have to replace due to simple age and wear (also see above). We will need to continue to make consistent sales through the end of the year (because normally, it's our holiday-season sales that see us through the whole first half of the following year, although I doubt we'll make anything like that this year). So please share the links, and when you're in the market for gorgeous, authentic, Spirit-infused Indigenous wearable art, Wings will have something perfect for you. The links are here:
It's still my birthday month, and the best gift I could have would be to make some steady sales, now, and in the days and weeks to come. Thanks.
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