A shift in wind direction.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

New gold through the haze. Yeah, we've got a smoke pall again, and while there's clearing to the northeast now, the western sky is a dirty white. It appeared suddenly at sunset last night, a gigantic, dark, heavy plume that stretched from northwest to southwest and beyond. Supposedly it's a prescribed burn west of here a good way, but given the size of the plume and the winds we've had day and night since before they ignited it, it's unlikely to be a controlled burn.

And after the Forest Service's repeated deadly destructive negligence of last year (and before, and since, too), no one's going to take their word for anything now.

Anyway, the air last night was hideous. It wasn't a lot better this morning, either, but at least we've had a shift in wind direction that has cleared out some of it. Now, we just need the kind that brings some rain (of both kinds).

Because no, I have not recovered from the [further] damage Monday's errands has inflicted on my joints, and I just don't have enough hours in the day to push sales the way it needs to be done. We have been blessed with a couple of sales now, and some breathing room that we haven't had in a long while. But he will still need to stock up on supplies (silver, stones, etc.) for building that holiday inventory. We have a whole winter to get through, too, which lasts much, much longer than that, and we'll need firewood. Wings has already abandoned any notion of getting the dental work that he so badly needs to have done properly; I canceled last week's medical appointment for myself; and we're focused solely on the sales, on making it ourselves, and on helping other folks to make it if and when we can. 

We have to make up a LOT of ground financially over the next three+ months. A LOT. And I cannot maintain the pace or workload I have in years past; hell, I can barely walk, and I have to limit my typing time now, too [constant dislocations in my dominant hand]. That means that we need help with shares, and with testimonials, too. If you have some of Wings's work and are willing to have a testimonial published on the site, send it to me via the Contact form (we will list you however you wish, by name, name and initial, initials only, some other way that doesn't identify you). All the links are listed below, so please share:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (apparently the sponges are unavailable, but the other two things I need that I can't get here are the Bar Keeper's Friend coffeemaker cleaner and descaler; we're entirely out of both [or Amazon cards, and I can order them myself]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, and the five new pairs of concha earrings went up the other day, here (one is sold, but the other four remain available). The way this year has gone, things will still be grim for a good while, so please share all of the links. 

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