A shift in the wind.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

At long last, we have a little clearing today, and some really spectacular cloud formations. Both are apparently products of a shift in the wind overnight. At least we can breathe a little now, and in theory, anyway, there will be rain from those clouds this afternoon.

As always, we'll believe the latter when we see it.

Now, if we could get a shift in the wind with regard to sales, I'd feel a whole lot better about August bearing down on us so damn fast. The part from the truck isn't in yet; as far as I can tell, the mechanic didn't even call to order it until yesterday. We know it's going to be at least another grand for the labor, probably more; another grand for my own cancer screening scans coming up in August. And it'll be at least $4K to take care of the permanent fix to the roof, materials and labor combined, and that will need to be done in September at the latest. The expenses from last year and the first half of this year broke us so badly that we're still way behind on everything. I have GOT to put a big chunk on our tax bill, which is weighing heavily on me constantly. [You wonder why I don't sleep? Apart from pain, that's one BIG reason.] 

Over last weekend, I finally got 7 new offerings [8 pieces total, 2 sold as a pair] up yesterday: Art Deco Labradorite cuff here; Art Deco purpurite cuff here [and already spoken for]; triangle wire youth bangle here; Art Nouveau vine pattern-wire youth bangle here; small Art Nouveau pattern-wire bangle pair here; malachite earrings here; and Picasso jasper earrings here [very haunted Gothic stones!]. He's finally getting a chance to get caught up a bit on stuff that he's had to back-burner since last year [the new wide silver cuff and the wristband should be up by tonight, as well as at least one of the three pairs of larger earrings with stones, plus four Warrior Woman pins and six or seven new pairs of the gemstone-bead earrings probably by Monday or so]. And I still need to make sales at a rate of at least two per week for the rest of the year for us to catch up [and that's just breaking even]. So: Go buy! Please! Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Amazon cards are probably most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year, this one already even worse than the last, we really need to get 2024 onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

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