A visit from a friend.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; all rights reserved.

A visit from a friend. Nope, not venomous, although I wouldn't want him to bite me; supposedly it hurts like indescribable hell. But it's a bullsnake, not a rattler, and he's doing a wonderful job of keeping the mice population down. Given how many cases of plague and hantavirus there have been around here this year (not to mention West Nile, a few other unpleasant things, and of course COVID all day every day), having their vectors kept to a minimum is a good thing. He also knows us, and while he's not going to sidewind up and hiss hello, he's not particularly afraid of us, either; he's already figured out that we welcome him here.

Also, per Wings, snakes are supposed to mean prosperity (yes, even the other kind), and we really, really need some help on that front. Most of the year has been without sales, so we're going into our so-called "busy season" already way down from where we need to be. Meanwhile, everything else is terrible, too — I fully expect Patreon's constant recent screwups to mean that my payout on Friday, already down more than $300 a month, will be down significantly more. Our expenses keep climbing, people keep needing help, and I have no income to counterbalance it, not even a break-even point. I'm canceling my medical appointment next week, because it's just not possible.

And I still need to make one more sale before month's end. Like TODAY. I've been saying that for days, but no luck, and I'm out of time. I will be so glad to see the back of this month, and this season, but of course, we're n for a weeks'-long heatwave, apparently. No rain of any sort, although we just had a few odd drops while the sun is out.

One sale should be doable, but it doesn't seem to be. Yesterday, I'll posted Wings's two new pairs of earrings, here. There's plenty of other new work in the site, too. But it's been a horrible summer (horrible year, mostly) on seemingly every front, and I am at my wits' end trying to keep everything going. We have to make up a LOT of ground financially over the next four months. A LOT. We're going to need to stock up on firewood very soon, to say nothing of all the rest, and I am so tired of trying to make the math work when there's absolutely no way. My health isn't helping; migraine today on top of all the lupus and RA flaring, and precious little in the way of sleep. I don't have the capacity to chase them, but we need sales NOW. All the links are listed below, so please share:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (apparently the sponges are unavilable, but the other two things I need that I can't get here are the Bar Keeper's Friend coffeemaker cleaner and descaler; we're entirely out of both); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, and things are grim here, so please share all of the links. 

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