I *told* you it was spring.

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I told you it was spring. First prairie dog emerged from his burrow today, blinking, scratching, grooming himself, looking around like he owns the joint.

He got away with it because the dogs were in the dog run for the moment.

One of the 'lorps decided, too, that she wasn't gonna let the yellows beat her on her laying . . . except, of course, that one of them already has, and even though she spent some time brooding, she didn't actually produce anything. This round to the Americaunas for once.

::Sigh:: and I am drowning. I've had to make the decision to cut loose three of my daily tasks, because I just can't do them anymore. I don't have any time, and trying to fit them in means that I'm doing nothing well. But it's like amputating a limb, or rather, three of them, and these are the things that define me, and on top of a year of pandemic and pain and loss and this recurrence of whatever tried to kill me and the constant fear that goes with all of it?  I'm drowning in grief.

The last couple of years have required us to dig deep and ante up to help others at a level we've never done before. This year? Has already buried that. But as I said about that being why we do what we do, especially now in these days of pandemic, it's become abundantly clear that too often, there IS NO tomorrow, and the only chance you might have to help someone stay alive is TODAY. Things are bad locally; no economy, nothing. No vaccines for most folks dependent on the state system, either. We have lost SO much to 2020 (and already in 2021), so very, very many people, and the gifts and the talents and the knowledge and the wisdom they carried too often lost with them. People have needed so much more help than we could give them, but we did as much as we could, even when it put us in a bind, and we will need to do much more of that this year. People continue to need help, and we give it, but we're up well over $2 grand and a whole lot more. Patreon is still short for another month, and this is the last I'm going to say about it, because clearly people are not going to fix it and they're also not going to make the unsubbing formal, and I'm tired of talking about it.

I can juggle for now, but I've got to find it again somewhere. Part of my work involves me reorganizing the Web site and then promoting the hell out of everything again. That's on top of all the other work I need to do around here, and I have been mostly useless, largely due to the recent flurry of episodes with my health. For every episode, it takes me multiple days to recover, all while hoping that another one doesn't set me back even further. That's not good. Too many people need help, and the government remains determined to see us die. There's work to do. This is why I've had to stop doing some things; there are just not enough hours in the day anymore, and I've got to make it all of this up somewhere. So:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (copper/metal/glass cleaners on it are needed most);
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And if you've been contemplating a purchase? This would be a very, very good time to do it; I've got to make it this staggering outlay somehow. There's even new work, here and here and now here, among other new pieces from 2 weeks ago, too, so please watch for them and share the links. 

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