Greening up.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Finally, our world is greening up. That was this morning, facing east/northeast. Just out of camera range, the first of the aspens that are still alive at this point began opening their first leaves this morning.

A lot of them, of course, didn't make it, including the one in the photo, which died suddenly about four years ago, when this drought transitioned from a 500-year one to a 1,200-year version. A lot of others are gone, too.

There is so much to worry about in this wounded world right now, and somehow, dealing with climate collapse always has to be kicked down the road.

At least April is done. I swear, I thought that month would never end. It's one of the worst of the year, maybe the worst, every single year, but this one set some kind of record. Not one I ever want to repeat.

But May is still going to be hellishly costly: In addition to all the usual, we both have major medical expenses near month's end; there's Wings's ongoing dental; we have some bureaucratic nonsense to take care of; and somehow, I have to squeeze out a big chunk for taxes. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end over the latter ones especially. Combined with my illness progressing? I need help.

And my Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even for that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings recently, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. And a week or so ago, I got the new naja [it's extraordinary] posted and sent viral, and it matches an existing cuff! and you can find them here and here. 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 (we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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