She was the scared dog, they said. Afraid of everything, they said.
That's Sunny, left, and Stormy (i.e., the not-at-all-scared dog), right, up ON TOP OF the doghouses, where their little 3-month old selves managed to haul themselves up yesterday morning. Yes, already 3 months old as of yesterday, 12 weeks as of the day before, and into everything. Wings had come out onto the deck upstairs, and that's what they're staring up at, or trying to, anyway. [Yes, I took that through the window. Yes, it's dirty. Shut up. I'll get to it. I'm pulling 16-hour days already.]
As I said yesterday, thanks to a friend, we've got September completely covered. [Now, if I could just find paper towels in stock . . . .] What's left I'm hoarding for October's quarterly tax payment. As I also said, If I could make one more good sale, I could pay it in full this week and get it out of the way early. I'm still delaying the car tow and repair, because the taxes need to come first, and with my Patreon still down by ~$110 a month or so, I need to make sure every penny is available to cover the taxes and the regular bills.
So we will still need help to make sales through the rest of this awful year. I'm not asking for donations; there are too many people worse off than us, people who don't know where their next meal is coming from, who very shortly may not have (or already don't have) a roof over their heads. But this pandemic has killed tourism for Indigenous artists like Wings, and has killed everyone's sales. Businesses are closing left and right here, and we're blessed to be able to work out of our home, but still, sales are, in relative terms, down to nothing.
You can help by sharing our links. You can especially help if you're in the market for high-end, Spirit-infused Indigenous wearable art, for yourself or as a gift, by considering Wings's work for purchase. I think he'll have a major new piece done tomorrow (I hope). It's also back-to-school season, even if remotely in some places, with all the events that that entails; birthdays come and go year-round; Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas especially will all be here before we know it.
The links are here:
And making sure everything's covered? That part of it is all on me, no matter how sick I am, no matter how much pain I'm in, no matter how little sleep I get. And with this hanging over me, I'm getting precious little sleep now. We need to be able to continue to help folks, and we're going to keep on doing it. But to do that, and to keep our own heads above water, we need to bring in sales closer to normal rates. Please help us do that if you can. Thanks.
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