At least there's order somewhere right now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2023; al rights reserved.

Now you see why we call it the aspen line. Yes, it occurs in clusters and scattered dustings across the slopes, but even those descend with a certain half-linear order to them.

At least there's order somewhere right now.

Not much here otherwise; everything's chaotic now anyway, but all the moreso because of the way my illness is impairing my functionality. I wrote briefly about what it's like [currently; it will progress, which means that it will get worse] here yesterday. I know people don't understand this disease, and it's so highly individualized; it varies drastically from one person to the next. I've been more functional that a lot of folks until recent years, but now? Now it's a real lesson in how it will humble you, no matter how much you think you can "overcome" it [hint: you can't]. So much that I planned to do, and now I can't do any of it.

It also means everything takes me so much longer. I mean, everybody already knows that this year has been terrible on virtually every front, so much so that we're really up against it now. 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'm so much farther behind on everything, even more than I usually am: pushing sales, paperwork, housework, you name it. I did at least get his two newest works up here the other night, so there's that. They're both amazing, but the turtle is something truly extraordinary. If I could sell that this week, I could quit worrying at least until November. 

Still. We have to make up a LOT of ground financially over the next three+ months. A LOT. 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 (apparently the sponges are unavailable, 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 [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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