As close as it gets.

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That's the only superpower I ever wanted: to be able to fly. Of course, with my complex of autoimmune conditions, it's also the least accessible, so I have to depend on her to do it for me. That's as close as it gets.

Migraine's back today. So is everything else bedeviling me, and I'm seriously annoyed that colonial governments issue bureaucratic demands and then shorten turnaround times by more than half, because two years in they still haven't planned for how the pandemic would fuck them up, and this should not become my problem in our busiest time of the year but they have apparently decided that they can make it my problem, so here we are. I'm also seriously annoyed that we are so at the mercy of shippers' whims that UPS can, of its own volition, decide to convert a package we ordered from ground delivery to SurePost, thereby ensuring that it will never be delivered, and I have zero recourse other than a refund from the seller, on an order that's been subject to fuckery since November 9th.

The bigger you are, the less you need to do even the barest minimum, apparently. I don't have time for this crap.

For me, the work just keeps piling up. So do the expenses. I'm currently waiting for delivery of the other beads and cabs that Wings needs for his next set, and for several other things in the pipeline. And all of that means that I need to bring in enough to cover all that outlay, because the supplies don't come cheap.

Yeah, it always comes back to that: more sales. A lot more, because we have two years' worth of a shattered pandemic economy to make up for, by which I mean we need to gain more ground ourselves financially to be able to be sure of making it through the winter. And again, if you're planning on commissioning gifts for the holidays, DO IT NOW. [And that includes just ordinary orders for the holidays, too.] Yes, I mean NOW. We have about one more week for shipping, and then no guarantees on delivery in time. We're dealing with the same supply-chain issues as everyone else, and at some point soon, Wings is going to have to get silver and stones to produce holiday inventory, and I'm hearing that the price is already spiking on the metals. More to the point of what customers care about, we also can't guarantee shipping times this year, because see above. But I've posted a ton of Wings's new work lately, and there will be more in the days and weeks to come. If I could sell one of the big works, like one of the belts, maybe I could get us on the drill list for the well that is the only thing that's going to keep this land alive. But I've got way too much to do and too few hours and other resources to do it. 

Anyway, I have GOT to continue to make sales, so links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the ladders, because see above);
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And if you've been contemplating a purchase? This would be a very, very good time to do it; I've got to cover all this staggering outlay somehow and get us through what's left of the year. And right now? I have no way to do it.  But there's lots of fabulous new work, so please share all of the links. 

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