Dangerous days.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

That up there? About five minutes ago. This is what we're dealing with here.

Fire officials have warned that today is "peak fire weather." Unfortunately, it's also the first day of the long holiday weekend, and the invasion of colonizers who don't know and don't care has already begun. We will be very lucky if we get out of this weekend without any new wildfire starts in this area. We've already got enough smoke pall begin driven in from everywhere else.

These are dangerous days.

On more than just the obvious existential front.

[UPDATE: Goddammit. You need an ATV here; there's too much haulage and ploughing and backcountry stuff that has to get done on the regular. And the ATV battery died the other day. Wings just got back with the replacement, and wow, has inflation taken over on them, too.  Another $200+ cash I was NOT expecting to have to shell out today.]

Between the need to change Web hosts and migrate our site, the unexpected $563 bill to replace Wings's tumbler [and apparently we managed to score the last one available anywhere right now, so we have to be grateful for that, at least], and the medical expenses upcoming for us both next week, I'm at my wits' end. The one saving grace that my far-too-small chemo dose last night did make a difference in my new and terrifying symptoms, so I'm going with the theory that my first idea was the right one, and that getting back on the proper [higher] dose will take care of it. But I'm still a couple of years overdue for labs, and I'm guessing my doc will order blood work anyway, just to be safe. And that's hugely expensive, and has to be cash on the barrelhead.

So nothing's changed. Through it all, somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. And I did get the four new pairs of earrings up a few nights ago, here, here, here [already sold!], and here [these are my personal favorites]. There will be many more pairs to come; he's got 5-7 in process on his workbench already. I have the new pendant up here now [it's amazing], and the new ring here, too, and possibly a new turquoise cuff [with heart accents!], later today or tonight. And if you missed the Northern Lights last week? He has a brand-new wearable gemstone-bead version, so that you can have them with you always, so be on the lookout for that trio, also hopefully this afternoon; I just need to write the descriptions and send them viral. Some of the beads glow under UV light, and I finally got one of the damn lights to work. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Apparently the FlexTape is the priority now, so I'm told; otherwise, Amazon cards are most important now, because they go to buy things we can't get locally, like the protein mixes for Wings and GF stuff for me and all the cleaning and other household products that people in cities can get but we can't; and also the filters for the air purifiers, because we have only one left and the amount of dust and dirt they take in in these winds is indescribable); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse (and given that we're already approaching the half-way mark), we really need to get 2024 onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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