Deadly dry.

Photo copyright Aji, 2022; all rights reserved.

Don't believe me about how deadly dry it is here?  That's what Wings's jeans look like every single evening when he comes inside now. And that's not even with a bunch of outdoor work in the winds (although he did plenty of that yesterday, too); this is what they look like every day now, even when all he does is feed the animals and muck the stalls.

Our soil here used to be rich and clay-like. Now it's talc; chalk dust.

I don't know whether we'll be able to grow anything this summer or not.

But we have to try. And we have to keep at everything else, but it's getting more difficult (and more costly) by the day. So I need to bring in enough to that, plus the hay, and the taxes, and my medical costs, and and and and. Some sales this week and next would go a long way on all of that; as I said yesterday, hope is a stubborn thing. Also, I posted a new cuff two nights ago, another in his informal series of solid sterling silver vintage-style bracelets; you can see it here.

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 we can't get locally but 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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