A single flowering sun.

Photo copyright Aji, 2022; all rights reserved.

A single flowering sun in the form of the lilies I love so much.

We haven't seen much sun here lately, not because it's cloudy but because everything's on fire and the skies are clogged with smoke and dust and dangerous particulate matter.

Today is going to be a hell of day; I'm swamped, and so I need to get the daily posts out of the way right off the bat. The winds today and the rest of the week are supposed to be an absolute nightmare, too, and given that there are wildfires everywhere, it's a time to be indoors as much as humanly possible. At the moment, it's all smoke haze to the east but clearer to the west, and very little wind, and we need to take advantage of that while we can.

Meanwhile, I am overwhelmed by everything I need to get caught up, and everything I still need to do to keep pace with this year's tax burden, never mind our medical expenses or what the land needs. Two separate four-figure checks paid out last Wednesday (and those are only the first). Meanwhile, my Patreon is down by nearly $100 this month, and sales have been . . . few and far between, to put it mildly. I'll be shelling out another four figures on my eyes this week, and I cannot put that one off any longer. I'm still debating whether to keep my pain therapy appointment, which will be $500 out of pocket, up front, every single time. And without plastic, we have to pay cash in full for everything.

But I'm increasingly disabled, and I can't work if I can't get the pain under control, or get back my ability to walk [mostly] unhindered. So I need to find a way to do this, and I'll need help to get it all done. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the other ladder, the Thermacell lanterns [the flies are already out, so the mosquitoes won't be far behind], and the liquid soaps, which prevent our hands from cracking and bleeding given that we're forced to wash them fifty times a day;
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

We're still hoping to put aside enough for a new well when the ground thaws enough to drill in the spring, too, Nah, we've given up on the well. No one's available to drill before the latter half of summer, and the tax burden means we would never be able to afford it anyway. But it's perhaps even more of a good time to make a purchase, because Uncle Sam is a vindictive colonizer, and my current stress levels about paying it all are off the charts. And there's lots of fabulous work, so please share all of the links. 

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