The fruits of a hard freeze.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

That up there?  The fruits of a hard freeze. Including, but not limited to, the death of most of the invasive pollen, so I can breathe a little better today.

Also, today is a little better simply by virtue of not being yesterday. It's not great, but better than yesterday is both the lowest of bars and the biggest of reliefs at this point.

The pain, of course, is unrelenting. I'm not as congested, courtesy of now-dead pollen, but the pain? That apparently will only get worse, not better. And of course, I'm even further behind now, and the pain means everything takes me so much longer. I mean, everybody already knows that this year has been terrible on virtually every front, so much so that we're really up against it now. This year has been so slow that we're way behind on everything, including prepaying next year's taxes [that's a zero; a big fat zero]. I'm so much farther behind on everything, even more than I usually am: pushing sales, paperwork, housework, you name it. I did at least get his two newest works up here last night, so there's that. They're both amazing, but the turtle is something truly extraordinary.

Still. We have to make up a LOT of ground financially over the next three+ months. A LOT. And it's clear that, even if my dominant hand and wrist weren't functionally unuseable, I cannot maintain the pace or workload I have in years past. Half the time I can hardly walk, because my hips, knees, and feet are the same situation. 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; you can see an example in our newest, here). 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 there will be much, much more in the weeks to come. The way this year has gone, things will still be grim for a good while and the holidays will be here before you know it, so please share all of the links. 

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