When you love the snow.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

Cricket, outside the kitchen door this morning, when the sun was still shining. That's what it looks like when you love the snow, and all three dogs have been absolutely wild over it.

The forecast for the week keeps changing, though, and now they have us getting an additional seven inches of the white stuff over the next 48 hours. We'll believe it when we see it, but if it happens, it'll likely shut everything down, because this place has become so colonized in recent years that even a couple of inches is now cause for delays and closures. Nobody knows how to drive in it, either [Wings and I both grew up having to learn to drive in all kinds of heavy weather]. If you insist on colonizing a place with extreme conditions, stop complaining about the conditions and get yourself prepared to deal with them safely.

Yeah, I'm not in the best of moods. Last week was almost irredeemably awful, and too much of it, like my subluxed shoulder, is carrying over into this week. And I've got too damn much to do, agonizing pain or no. That's because 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. I've also got so much to do in terms of ordinary day-to-day work, but of course, I need to try to sell it, too, and already, our Web site hits for this month are down by well over 50% even for this time of year, which makes me worry that this year is going to be another bad one, sales-wise. 

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.

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.

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