Little bits of light.

Photo copyright Aji, 2022; all rights reserved.

It's a beautiful day here, full autumn, not a cloud in the sky anywhere until just after noon, when a few moments ago the faintest arc of white first peeked above the southeast ridgeline. But it's a melancholy day, too; just over a week ago, to the minute, that we lost Miskwaki, and the hole in my heart is still ragged and torn.

Coupled with all the problems I'm having with my illness, plus all the other worries, things are seeming pretty dark right now. Little bits of light are all that make it through.

I have to hang onto those, but it's hard when the pain and fatigue and resultant insomnia that just makes it all worse and the increasing levels of disability just keep growing, seemingly without end. Especially given everything staring us down right now.

Horse vet got paid Tuesday, so at least that's done. Taxes (this year's current installment, plus the quarterly prepayment for next year, which was due this week and which I don't have, and no, skipping the vet bill wouldn't have made a difference) remain, along with the rest of the monthly expenses (like my medical loan for all that out-of-town testing a few years ago). I need to make several more small-to-medium sales, or one really big one, to get it all done. But my pain and fatigue levels are such that I keep having to correct my typing here; I can't even think straight today, never mind actually sell anything.

I do have the new BIG works now, posted here Thursday. They're absolutely phenomenal, and selling either or both would take care of everything at the moment, but I don't expect that to happen. So we need all the help we can get. All the links are here; please, share them:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priority is first and foremost, the other ladder; also sheets);
• 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 late next year at the earliest, and this year's tax burden means we would never be able to afford it anyway. But it's 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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