Vultures, but no dogs; stormy skies, but no rain.

Photo copyright Aji, 2020; all rights reserved.

Vultures, but no dogs; stormy skies, but no rain.

The heat and humidity are oppressive, but we're unlikely to get any precipitation. The land is literally burning up in front of us, and there's not a damn thing we can do about it. Meanwhile, our brilliant local "leaders," in their infinite "wisdom" (I use those terms in the most sarcastic of senses) have decided that the way to mark this genocidal "holiday" is to set off giant fireworks in the middle of a deadly drought. No wonder they told the local rag that they wold be set off "from an undisclosed location" (yes, that's a direct quote).

Meanwhile, pandemic, colonialism, grief, loss, they all take their toll, and the load I'm carrying trying to keep everything balanced and upright here in the face of them all is grinding me to dust. I don't know what I'm going to do now that it's July, because forget the well problem, I'm running out of time to cover all of this other stuff. Wings dropped his latest piece this morning, unexpectedly, here; also three new and fabulous pairs of earrings a few days ago and another Monday night; selling all five would cover both quarters' worth of taxes due by July 15th. There's also the plumber and getting the flues cleaned and the Web site host and now the hay. I HAVE to come up with the tax money. That's non-negotiable. I have to bring in $3K in the next few days, or we're screwed.

And by August? Enough to cover the drilling of that damn well, all the pumps and piping, and construction of the well house.

I'm so tired, and I can't conjure money out of nothing. So much stress. So much pain. Just. so. tired.

WE. NEED. SALES. BADLY. So please. The links are here:

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

[Also, the wishlist is back in force. There are things I absolutely cannot get except through Amazon, and I can't add that stress onto all the others now. It's breaking me.] Please share everything. Thanks.

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