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The dangerous cold is here now. Highs in the 20s, wind chills ten degrees lower. I-25 east of here is closed; accidents from Raton Pass down to south of Las Vegas. It will unquestionably get down below zero here tonight, with wind chills that are probably in the neighborhood of -10 or more. I'm grateful every moment for the fact that we're no longer in that black mold-riddled uninsulated tin can, and that we already have firewood enough to last us through most of the winter. But there will still be propane for the stove and hot water heater, and electricity to make them and everything else run, and those bills have already begun creeping upward for the winter. There's also everything else that it takes to get through the winter, and the weeks between October and Christmas are what keep us and the animals alive until re-opening of the spring tourist season. And Wings hasn't had a single commission yet.
We have got to make sales. Normally, Wings would already be in the middle of multiple commissions in the works by now, but nothing's normal anymore. I don't know what to do at this point; I can't conjure money from thin cold air. I posted two new pieces a few nights ago (links here) and another the night after that (links here). The new bracelet in the works may turn out not to be a bracelet at all; we'll see. He has a number of other things in process, too; I'll post them as he completes them.
At any rate, my stress levels are off the charts along with my pain levels now. For those wondering about my own health issues, see here, although now there's a new wrinkle I'm not even going to bother to try to explain (suffice to say there's no affording treatment); with regard to the work being done, some of the details are here. I'm still down $650+ on Patreon for the last two months, apparently as a result of folks not updating their expired credit cards, and I'm on track to lose $300-400+ again this month (i.e., Friday) for the same reasons. I can't keep this up. I also need help to get all this, the plumbing and everything else, done and handled, and I can't do it alone. Folks can help in several ways, and we really need it now:
Please share everything, because I'm suddenly back behind the eight-ball on a whole additional front, and yeah, I'm scared about covering everything and surviving, too. Thanks.
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