It's all wind.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

You can see the storms on top of the peaks, but down here, it's all wind. Thirty-mile-an-hour bitterly cold wind. And Mora, home of the state's biggest megafire ever last year, had it's first wildfire and attendant highway closure yesterday. The photos coming out of the area were terrifying: not a single flake of snow on the ground . . . and that includes the mountains there.

Speaking of all wind (and an ill wind, too), in the meantime, we have to cope with all the day-to-day problems of surviving in this kind of society. The regular seasonal stresses are already ramping up in a big way now; there's all the usual January stuff to worry about. This and June (or July, depending on how the bills fall in a given year) are always our worst two months in terms of expenses, and I don't know how this one's going to shake out yet. Wings had to haul the ATV down to the shop yesterday morning, because the starter or something is . . . not right, and with 25 acres of this kind of land, he needs it. he's already been coping without it for a month, but that means a lot has been left undone. No idea what that's gonna set us back. I also discovered that our cell-phone provided disconnected my phone on December 31st without notifying me, because my "phone is too old and needs an upgrade," and so I had to shell out more than $200 cash on that yesterday, because as infrequently as I use it, I have to have it so that we can reach other when one of us isn't at home. I've also got so much to do in terms of ordinary day-to-day work, and I just got four new works by Wings posted up on the site, but of course, I need to try to sell it, too. You can see them all here, but click through and look at them from all angles, because they're frankly amazing.

Because we will still (always) need to make sales, and there are plenty of gift-giving events coming up in this new year. But if you're looking for places to donate to folks who need it, watch this space and my other online spaces, because I'll be highlighting them in the weeks to come. Much of the country has just been through a deadly storm, and there's an even more deadly pandemic still raging, utterly unchecked; lots of folks in our various communities are going to need long-term help.

Speaking of sales, I'll have four new works to show you here this evening, I hope. It all depends on whether I can get them up in the relevant gallery, descriptions written and entries complete. They're all fabulous, and they all need homes.

All of our links are here; emphasis on sales and testimonials for now (and subscriptions, if you're looking for that; I'll have more on that to come in the next few weeks, hopefully with some changes):

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here;
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, with three new cuffs coming possibly as early as later today, so please share all of the links. 

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