The tiniest stream.

Photo copyright Aji, 2021; all rights reserved.

We have almost no runoff from what remains of the snow, only the tiniest stream. The land is so thirsty that it's absorbing every drop.

Even so, there's more to that stream of water than there is to my levels of functionality now. The pain is so bad I can barely walk; the tendons and connective tissue in my left foot, ankle, and leg can hardly bear any weight at all. It's no wonder I can't sleep, and in truth, I have had only one halfway-decent night's sleep in about six weeks. The insomnia is staggering, and so is the fatigue, and there isn't a damn thing I can do about any of it.

Meanwhile, at every level of colonial government, it's being made abundantly clear that people like us are acceptable sacrifices. Not that that's new, but I'm tired beyond any ability to give a shit about anything to do with their systems and structures that are hell-bent on killing me and mine. We are focusing on the work at the lowest of ground levels, which is keeping the earth and our peoples alive in the face of that which seeks to destroy both.

This month is slated to be an absolute mess of appointments, except that I'm waiting to see if they need to be rescheduled because Omicron is everywhere now. But this is our most expensive month of the year (followed very closely by July; I'm not even including April, which is tax month, in all of this). So while we had a far better holiday sales season than I could ever have hoped, we still have to keep the cycle going. This is our livelihood, after all, and there's a lot of expense ahead, medical and otherwise (and this has to be the year the drill the well because there's no other option at this point; "first thing," indeed).

So, as always, it comes back to that: more sales. A lot more, because we have two years' worth of a shattered pandemic economy to make up for, by which I mean we need to gain more ground ourselves financially to be able to be sure of making it through the winter and the rest of the year. I've posted a ton of Wings's new work lately, and there will be more in the days and weeks to come. If I could sell one of the big works, like the belt, maybe I could get us on the drill list for the well that is the only thing that's going to keep this land alive. But I've got way too much to do and too few hours and other resources to do it. Which means that I'll be stepping back significantly in terms of my online presence, because there's just too much else to do, and I am no longer well enough to maintain the kind of pace I once did.

So, since we have to continue to make sales, links are here, and there's new work up today, with more to come this week:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (priorities are first and foremost, the ladders);
• 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 outlay somehow and get us through twelve whole months of a new year, plus put aside enough for a new well when the ground thaws enough to drill in the spring. And there's lots of fabulous new work, so please share all of the links. 

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