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When the experts say "No snow" but the earth has other ideas. The was just the start of it last night. Down here at their feet, it's been mostly snowing since dawn, so we have a couple new inches.
Right now, we also have bitter cold and an array of first-of-the-year expenses with no holiday sales income yet to cover them. And still, we hope 2020 proves to be a better year.
But the stresses will not ease much, if at all. Some are heightened. One of my Patreon subscribers very kindly informed me a few weeks ago of changed circumstances so that I would not be surprised by their unsubscribing. But it's a $100/month decrease I have yet to be able to replace. I'm deferring all follow-up medical testing for now, despite the fact that I would ordinarily be due for it beginning next month. There is too much else that needs paying. The only work on the house we're scheduling right now is what we hope will be the last of the plumbing fixes (and we won't be doing that just yet, because there's no money for it). And still I feel guilty with every dollar I spend that's not on bills, which is why things like candles to deal with the residual mildew from the plumbing disaster remain on the wishlist; we children of grinding poverty can rationalize almost anything for almost anyone else, anyone except ourselves. And I have no illusions about the fact that we will still need help to make it through this year. Folks can help in several ways (sales are always preferred), and we really need it now:
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