Leap.

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Leap.

That's from last week, but I guess the starling was already anticipating today. For a sort of extra day, it's a beautiful one, but the wind's rising now, which takes away the warmth (and the enjoyment) pretty fast.

I feel like I have to hold my breath and leap pretty much every day just as a matter of course. That's the way it is without the usual safety nets, which, of course, folks like us haven't had from birth. Other folks are finally getting a tiny taste of what that's like, but it's clear to us they still don't understand what they've done, much less what's ahead. So we're spending these weeks of winter-into-spring trying to get ourselves ready for the possibility of some tough times.  

As I said yesterday, I am slammed, constantly, right now, and likely to remain so. Let's keep it shortish: There are a few newer things scattered throughout Wings's site. I posted the new informal series on Wednesday; you can find all three works here. [If you like rainbows, this set's for you.] We need to keep making sales; there's a lot of year ahead, and a lot of medical and other expenses, too. And we're only one month into the two-month closure, so with two exceptions, sales have been nonexistent so far in 2020.

Also, I'm adding the Amazon wishlist back on. ::Sigh:: we really can't function without it now; they've made themselves that indispensable, especially for folks who live in poor rural areas like we do. And I'm really, really going need to get some things that I can't get here, and soon (the kinds of things Amazon cards are useful for). I'm also going to need to add a new coffeemaker, because while I can baby this one along a while longer (it's broken in, as of yesterday, three now four different ways, but for the moment I can still use it, even if not easily so). I don't know how much longer I'll be able to say that, though. Coffee is our one real luxury, but it's too big a chunk at once, and we have medical stuff to deal with, and folks who need help besides. Since my CF O2 concentrator is going to set us back upwards of $4K, I'm trying to set aside monies for that. Which means, hideously expensive or not, I'm putting the coffeemaker and a grinder on the wishlist. Like I said, this is our one real luxury that we allow ourselves, and we like it to taste right, and both of these items are supposed to be really, really good for that, as well as really, really sturdy.

The process of Wings's dental surgeries begins next week, and that's going to take a lot of both of us. In the meantime, there are all the usual expenses, and January and February have both been hell on far too many fronts. We have plumbing repairs to get done next month, never mind everything else that will be needed to finish the house (that's undoubtedly getting bumped to next year, and probably the year after, too). In addition to the four-month process for Wings's work, there are the meds. And speaking of fragile, I'm due also for follow-up scans and biopsies already; they're not going to happen, because we don't have five figures' worth of scratch to waste on it, to say nothing of travel time and related problems. I've still got to make sales, try to drum up new Patreon subscribers, do whatever I can to bring in more money, all on top of everything else. Folks can help in several ways (sales are always preferred). Oh, and I posted four new works a week or so ago, here and here, and I added something new, seasonal, and absolutely fabulous a few days later, so please share the links (also, BUY! they're all perfect for spring, Easter, Mother's Day, upcoming festivities of any kind):

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here;
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

Please share everything. Thanks.

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