Gifts from the cosmos. Still endless work to be done, and endless bills to pay. Sales, subscribers, and shares all needed.

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We took yesterday off, as much as is possible around here, anyway, and went for a drive to look at the leaves before they're all gone. We found ourselves up just inside the Colorado line, along the Conejos River. It was a bright, beautifully clear day, the aspens bright gold and the oaks copper, and before we ever got to Colorado, we managed to see deer, ducks, geese, and a bald eagle. We took the oxygen concentrator in case I needed it, and while walking the few yards from the road to the upper bank winded me, I managed without it. All in all, it was a beautiful birthday gift from the cosmos, one day early.

But today, birthday or no, it's back to work. Too much to be done, and too many bills to be paid. As I said yesterday, Wings has more earrings in the works; they probably won't be done before tomorrow, but I'll post them as soon as they drop. Spirit knows we need sales now, desperately. Repairs on both vehicles are paid, as well as a bunch of other stuff that needed to be paid now, and we squeezed out a little to help his clan brother out with heat. But the tax bill is going to haunt us for a very long time to come, to say nothing of the five figures' worth of medical bills remaining, and I have to send in something substantial on the latter, and soon. Like I said yesterday, I am exhausted, physically, mentally, and every other way, with the rapid-fire weather changes playing hell with my autoimmune disease and with my breathing issues (the cold is back, and so is my shortness of breath, in a very big way), so the rest is cut-and-paste.

I've been saying that I don't see a way to claw us out of this hole. I still don't. And it's hard to think when illness fogs your brain as badly as it does mine. There's nothing I can do right now except what I've done my whole life, which it just to keep putting one foot in front of the other. I have to make some sales, I have to find a way to bring in major amounts right now, and I don't know how, but I've got to get work trying. Wings has new work out, three brand-new pairs of earrings, and they're fabulous. It would be a small start.

We need sales, badly. Never moreso, frankly. What follows are links that are a means of helping a little bit. I am sick, body, mind, heart, and spirit, and there's no room for anything else:

• My new Patreon, The Interstices (Writing Between Worlds);
• Wings's site, for sales, with new items posted;
• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• A way to buy me coffee (which actually goes to all of our medical bills, which continue to mount);
• Amazon wishlist, which mostly consists of animal and household stuff;
• Partial registry #1, from Bed, Bath and Beyond. There are new kitchen-y things on it now, stuff that I didn't realize we'd need to replace (either because the RV ruined it or because we gave it away when we had to downsize).

Please share the links. We're now officially into holiday order season, because commissions take time, so if you're planning on holiday gifts, please keep Wings's work in mind. And given what we're up against, we won't turn away donations, either, because we simply can't afford it.

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