Not remotely the best of times.

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Flowers from my honey.  He brought me those yesterday, the grocery store at last having had a variety that he actually liked.  Our tastes are similar enough that he knows what combinations will make me happy, and in the middle of a week as hard as this one? These did help cheer me up, and I needed that.

But the whole week has been rough, and today was no exception. [As a late aside, I don’t even know whether this will post tonight, given that our Internet is out because Indian Killer Telecom can’t handle a little wind. They’re telling us “no ETA” because “extreme winds,” but here?  These were not “extreme" at all; 20 mph tonight in a place where "extreme" is over double that, and yet for the three figures we pay them each month, they don’t even have redundancy sufficient to sustain that. It’s absurd, but I suppose that’s to be expected from an entry proudly named for a genocidal colonizer on token Indigenous lands.]

High winds today, as predicted. No snow, natch. Just more misery for me, because my joints and connective tissue are screaming at me.  Tomorrow is chemo day, but after this, and this week on top of last week’s nonsense, I’m not convinced it will make much difference, if any at all.

And every setback is less time to bring in sales, which I have GOT to do.  Three sales all year so far?  That’s not going to cut it even at the best of times, and with everything we’ve had to cover for everyone so far? These are not remotely the best of times.

Of course, it's also tax season, which means I can't afford any of that. I don't have time, in the first place, and if I don't bring in some sales soon, we're screwed. Last year was a nightmare, all year long: expenses of the sort you can't plan for that were astronomical, combined with one of our worst sales years ever. The really bad part is that we still haven't recovered from it. Meanwhile, new expenses mount [taxes, the well pump, the security system, a lot of other things I had no way of anticipating, but there's no one else to do it], and we've made a grand total of three sales all year so far.

That won't even begin to cut it.

Wings has been rocking in the studio for weeks. There's a ton of new work, but posted just last week alone are two new pairs of Red Creek jasper earrings, plus four new necklaces [one vintage-style oval and three hearts, the latter all made with some really unique materials]. And, of course, there are all the other new works from the past two months, a couple of bolos, a new buckle, endless cuffs, I don't know how many pairs of earrings. If you're in the market? Now would be a really, really good time to buy. I really, really need to sell some of his work, and soon.

Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Amazon cards, Soapbox soaps, Black KN95 masks are most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year last year, and this one beginning at least as badly, we urgently need to move 2025 onto a better footing before taxes take every last cent, so please share all of the links. 

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