A little snow.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Well, we got a little snow, so that qualifies it as a good Christmas, I guess.  Just a few flakes, enough graupel for a little round cover for the moment. It won't accumulate, and it won't last, but it's something.

Very modest here otherwise. Humble little [very little] tree, although the lights and ornaments transform it. Wings needed a new wallet, which is what I got him, plus a [mis]print by a Native artist that hasn't arrived yet. He gave me two tiny pairs of stud earrings [not by him, but actual gold/silver and turquoise] and a small silk scarf [I was expecting nothing, very literally, so I feel like I made out like a bandit]. No turkey or duck or goose for dinner, not even a roast or a ham, which is kind of a relief, given my pain and fatigue levels. We scored a couple of buffalo steaks recently, and those are what we're having for dinner tonight, along with sweet potatoes and wild rice. No, I did not make a pie, either. There hasn't been time or money for any of that.

And it's apparently set in stone already: We end this year in a hole, and start 2025 the same way. So for today? Yeah, I'm numb when it comes to festivities. I'm just grateful fo the snow, and that we're sheltered and warm.

Because, yes, I know we're lucky. The housing crisis worsens daily here. On that note, in reference to the deliveries above? Also go here, buy something, or several somethings, off the outreach group's wishlist, and you will literally be saving a life, probably more than one. It's not really possible to overstate how bad it is out there, nor how great the need is. I've sorted it in their Priority order, but there are new priorities as of what they've given out today. This is from the organizer herself:

• The bulk backpacks - at least six 12 packs
• Hand Warmers
• Space Blankets
• Pepper spray
• Money/Document belts (look like tan fanny packs, worn under the clothing  to hide and keep documents safe and protected.
• 2 person tents
• Tarps

The outreach program is giving gear out as fast as they get them, and being mostly housebound now, it's hard for me to get out to pick up any before they're gone. That's why I put some of those essentials on our own wishlist, with a note that they're for the outreach effort; soon, I'll adjust those priorities accordingly, too. 

For us? THERE'S SO MUCH NEW WORK ON THE SITE. And I need to sell them all, because I still need to make a ridiculous amount of sales to cover all the stuff still in the pipeline that needs covering [laptop, roof next year AND now the well pressure pump, more medical, always prepaid taxes, etc.]. So: GO BUY! PLEASE. [Yeah, I know; I don't know why I bother, either. Hope is a stupid, stubborn, fucked-up thing sometimes, even if it's also very thin and half-broken.] Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Priority is the liquid soaps and Amazon cards, probably most useful at this point); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year, this one far worse than the last, we really need to end 2024 on a better footing before 2025 and taxes take every cent, so please share all of the links. 

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