Acute things.

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The three dogsketeers, out on patrol. They spent most of the night [well, early morning hours] out, as well; it's the end of October, and there are plenty of creatures roaming now: skunks, coyotes, probably the odd bobcat or bear. Those they know better than to bark at when their present are fair game when it comes to tracking whatever they leave behind, obviously.

And, of course, at this time of year, there are less visible things abroad, too, and the dogs sense them far more acutely than we do.

Speaking of acute things, I had another episode last night, out of nowhere; severe chest pain and headache, other issues that no one who hasn't been through it would understand. It's the first I've had in months, only the third or so this year, I think. Which is, of course, a far better track record than in recent years, but it's still terrifying as hell. Also terrifying to try to go to sleep when you don't actually know whether you'll wake up again.

It's just a flare, but the flares are going to get more acute, and also more frequent. This is a progressive disease, and I'm reasonably sure, based on recent symptoms, that it's decided to involve additional organs now. The hell of it, tests would confirm it, but there's not really anything that can be done that I'm not already doing, so there's really no point in putting us through all the expense, and myself through all the physical and mental stress, just to be told, yeah, you're right; good luck. So I'm not doing that. We can't afford it anyway, and right now, I can't even make enough sales to make sure we can get the hay delivered tomorrow, never mind get us through the end of this month and the first day of November, when everything hits.

It's been a terrible year on virtually every front, and I'm afraid we not might make it.

We have to make up a LOT of ground financially over the next two+ months. A LOT. This year has been so slow that we're way behind on everything, including prepaying next year's taxes [that's a zero; a big fat zero]. I need to bring in at least one sale a week, preferably two, for the remainder of the year. And it's clear that my illness's progression means that I cannot maintain the pace or workload I have in years past. That means that we need help with shares, and with testimonials, too. If you have some of Wings's work and are willing to have a testimonial published on the site, send it to me via the Contact form (we will list you however you wish, by name, name and initial, initials only, some other way that doesn't identify you; you can see an example in our newest, here, and with luck, I'll have a second one up by tonight). All the links are listed below, so please share:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (liquid soaps are priority now [or Amazon cards, and I can order them myself]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

There's lots of fabulous work on the site, and there will be much, much more in the weeks to come. The way this year has gone, things will still be grim for a good while and the holidays will be here before you know it, so please share all of the links. 

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