At a standstill.

Photo copyright Aji, 2022; all rights reserved.

Last night's moon was absolutely beautiful, closer to full then than it will be at moonrise tonight. I didn't stay up to get photos of later events; that's not our way, although at one point in the early predawn hours I caught an unavoidable glimpse through the clouds out the window.

Today was more of those change-in-the-weather clouds, now blown out almost entirely by bitter winds. Despite that wind chill, it's still far too warm here, and we can only hope that the precipitation to the north and west defies the meteorological predictions and makes it to us. We're already in trouble here, water-wise.

In other ways, too. The torch kit we ordered for Wings two months ago to the tune of about $300 (to replace the one that lasted literal decades) is already nonfunctional; the regulator has quit working, and there's no explanation for it beond it being a bad unit. And now, everything is at a standstill for at least a week, because there can be no soldering, so nothing gets done while I wait for them to get around to sending me the return label, we ship it back, and then they ship him a new, hopefully functional one. This is an absolutely terrible time to be downed for a week or more, and on top of this mess with Twitter, it's all proving to be absolutely ruinous. We're already way behind on annual sales; it's been frankly terrible this year. I have to figure out how to bring in more business, and now, I also have to figure out how to make up for everything we're losing and going to lose online via Twitter, which is huge for us. That will probably mean setting aside part of my Patreon to Wings's work, and setting up my Ko-fi to showcase it, too, but that's all a huge amount of labor and the return is unlikely to be anything near what we need it to be. Beyond that, I have no idea how I'm going to do this. It's terrifying.

And we're already five, six weeks into the season of sixteen-hour days (and those are already gone). I will be doing nothing but pushing sales for at least the next five weeks, even though everything Wings has currently in various stges of the creative process is now at a standstill. But I need to make this happen sooner rather than later, because the tax burden won't wait, and there's too much else that needs doing, even as my illness leaves me with less function by the day now. It's everything, from pain to balance to ability to walk properly to ability to use my hands properly, and the damage is increasing. Which means I need help to get everything covered.

All the links are here; please, share them, too (and there's a new wishlist priority, the automatic composter, which will do wonders for saving on waste and allow Wings to compost the land and trees regularly even through the winter; my physical function is impaired enough now that things can only get done if I have the help of equipment like this):

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are, first and foremost, the automatic composter and the wheelbarrow, then the other ladder);
• 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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