Priorities.

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Click on that photo to enlarge it. That is a truly pitiful amount of snow.

Some friends came up to visit us today, and we were talking about how, not very many years ago, they' used to drive up here with three feet or more of snow on the ground and the mountains completely white. None of that now.

It wasn't as warm as yesterday; I think the high was only the upper fifties, maybe low sixties late this morning. Then the winds showed up, and it was brutal all afternoon long. It used to be that the winds would die with sunset, but that's no longer true, either. Of all the weather conditions we could have that decided to increase their presence exponentially, we of course are getting the worst of them all.

But at least we got to spend time with friends today. Since the start of the [still ongoing, people] pandemic, we haven't been able to see them nearly as often, so a visit is rare but very, very welcome. It's also why everything's late, because I do have my priorities straight, and work takes a definite back seat to spending time with people we love.

But even so, all the usual issues continue apace. So does the work, our own and the vocational stuff that we have no choice but to do. And, of course, the world is still on fire, they're still coming for us all, and we still have to worry about our communities, about our relatives [both of whom are disproportionately affected by this illegal "funding suspension"], . . . and about us. Last year was indescribably bad on pretty much every single front, especially sales. This year, already a month into it, and it's not appreciably better. I have GOT to make some sales, since we've had only two so far in this new year, and we're already in the second month. It takes at least one sale a week [sometimes more] just for us to break even on the year, and last year? We didn't even do half that. We're going to have to replace the well pressure pump, without question. Taxes are coming. Now we have a potential security issue, and I think we're going to have to hire someone to install a camera system here [the distance is too great for the little cheap cameras; this will require something a lot more sophisticated (and a lot more costly, natch)]. My laptop apparently will have to wait yet another year [assuming I can keep this alive that long, which I can't assume for a moment, actually]. So now would still be a good time to buy. TONS of new and fabulous work on the site, and tons more on the way, too; those two new pairs of earrings finally got posted this morning, and the four new necklaces are under way [maybe tonight; more likely tomorrow]. But I've got to sell something, for the love of all that's holy. I can't live with this level of unrelenting stress on top of everything else.

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 far worse than the last, we urgently need to begin 2025 on a better footing before taxes take every cent, so please share all of the links. 

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