Warnings and warmings.

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That was this evening. As you can see, not so much as a flake's worth of accumulation down here, but the peaks got a lot more today than what was forecast [and the forecast was for snow yesterday, not today]. We also had avalanche warnings out for here last night and this morning, but I only just learned of it five minutes ago. 

Guess it's a good thing we didn't see a wall of snow come barreling down the highway, hmm?

At least in the meantime we get to see beautiful sights like this. But on the avalanche front, we'll have a lot more of that to come; temps are far too high, and it makes the snow at those elevations very unstable. Warnings and warmings.

Meanwhile, all the usual issues continue apace. So does the work, our own and the vocational stuff that we have no choice but to do. Our friends lost their grandson and nephew the other day; his widow had quit work to be his caregiver for the last . . . more than a year now, through everything. She's going to need help getting on her feet now, and you can do that here. And yes, I'm expressly asking you to go donate, and to share it with your networks. Just like I asked you to do for Elijah himself.

And, of course, the world is still on fire, they're still coming for us all, and we still have to worry about our communities, about our relatives [both of whom are disproportionately affected by this illegal "funding suspension"], . . . and about us. Last year was indescribably bad on pretty much every single front, especially sales. This year, already a month into it, and it's not appreciably better. I have GOT to make some sales, since we've had only two so far in this new year, and we're already in the second month. It takes at least one sale a week [sometimes more] just for us to break even on the year, and last year? We didn't even do half that. We're going to have to replace the well pressure pump, without question. Taxes are coming. Now we have a potential security issue, and I think we're going to have to hire someone to install a camera system here [the distance is too great for the little cheap cameras; this will require something a lot more sophisticated (and a lot more costly, natch)]. My laptop apparently will have to wait yet another year [assuming I can keep this alive that long, which I can't assume for a moment, actually]. So now would still be a good time to buy. TONS of new and fabulous work on the site, and tons more on the way, too [the three hearts are delayed; we planned to pick up the beads yesterday, but since they've had a death in the family, it can wait for next week]. But I've got to sell something, for the love of all that's holy. I can't live with this level of unrelenting stress on top of everything else.

Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Amazon cards are probably most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year, this one far worse than the last, we urgently need to begin 2025 on a better footing before taxes take every cent, so please share all of the links. 

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