Not even a drop in the bucket.

Photo copyright Aji, 2021; all rights reserved.

That is what hit us last night. The cloudbank stretched in a solid mass from due south around to the west and all the way up to the east-northeast. See that band of dirty brown all the way across the horizon? That's not clouds. That's a wall of dust and dirt being driven on the winds. 

We were lucky. Lots of lightning, a little thunder, plenty of wind, and three solid hours of rain, but no power outages this time. The land is happier today. The tragic part of it is that it's still not even a drop in the bucket of what's needed now. And we can't even get on the drill list. We have to do it before the ground freezes solid, or it has to wait until next year.

And then there's all the rest. My illness is apparently progressing fast, the pain is rapidly becoming unnavigable, and I've had roughly one decent night's sleep all month. The insomnia is mostly from pain, but not entirely; the financial stresses are beginning to mount. We have a firewood delivery due today, flue/leak repair in early September, and a lab bill exceeding $400 that I now have to fight over (and will probably lose, because this corporation is one of the worst), and I have to be able to cover it. Since fall is already fully here, I also have to be able to get us covered for all the prep that will inevitably be needed for an early winter. Oh, and Wings's hearing aids? Apparently IHS no longer covers them; they [IHS] want $1,200 cash to order them for him.

If I could sell any combination of Wings's new pieces, it would get us out of this month and well into September. If I could sell one of the big ones, like one of the belts, maybe I could get us on the drill list. But I've got way too much to do and too few hours and other resources to do it. It's urgent now; I have to push everything down to make sales, and there's always something or someone else demanding money. 

Wings has A LOT of new work, and I'd be grateful to everyone who shares all of it, and of course, if you're in the market, keep us in mind for purchases. After paying our taxes the last week plus some other bills, I really do need to build up some reserves to get us just a tiny bit ahead of the eight-ball of bills.

Anyway, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are all the mosquito-prevention items, especially the portables and the patio-surface ones, because Wings can take them around the land with his as he works);
• 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 cover all this staggering new outlay somehow. There's lots of fabulous new work, so please share all of the links. 

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