The look of two guilty parties.

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And no, that's not confusion in that expression up there. Not innocence, either, although they're both trying to work it for all it's worth. That's the look of two guilty parties, both of whom decided, instead of waking me up as they usually do, that it would be better just to shit in the crate. So that's how my morning started off: on my hands and knees on a very cold slate-tile floor, still uncaffeinated and no fires built yet, cleaning out the giant dog crate. [They were (ostensibly; apparently they just suddenly decided to regress) crate-trained, and it rapidly became their safe spot, so they both like sleeping together on blankets in their giant Dane crate. I say "time for bed," and they head right for it.]

And the rest of it is what we woke up to this morning: heavy snow swirling at dawn, about an inch of accumulation, then bright sun and warming air, and now clouds again and a howling bitter wind. And I do mean "howling." I wondered why, after the snow started to melt, I was starting to feel extra-crappy, and then the wind hit. It's brutal, and I am going to rebuild the fire in the second woodstove, and stay indoors as much as humanly possible. I have too much to get done.

And the "too much to get done" just keeps piling up on me. 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. 

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; 
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• Amazon wishlist here (copper/metal/glass cleaners on it are needed most);
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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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