That's not the only drought.

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Yes, out of order AGAIN. I'm in one hell of a mood right now; it's after seven o'clock at night, and I've gotten none of my regular done, because my work is always fucking disposable, subordinate to everything and everyone else under the sun.

You wonder why I don't write?  THIS IS WHY.

Last day of February, which cannot be the case but somehow it is, and look at that drought. You can't tell from that photo, but I caught it last night; there's no snow to speak of on Lobo Peak, either. Nearly seventy again today, and all anybody in authority wants to do is more world-killing shit.

So we're two months gone on the "new" year already, and that's not the only drought. We've had I think three and a half sales all year. That's it. We're never going to make it at this rate, even if there were nothing else pressing on us, but there is, every damn day. I just shelled out a few hundred on prescriptions today. We also paid out just shy of $700 cash this week to cover that other thing [not for us; for someone else]. Taxes are looming, and I have no idea what the fuck I'm going to do. And there's the well pump, the security system, and my laptop dies on me daily now. 

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 three so far in this new year, and we're already to the third 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.  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 week, and the four new necklaces are now up and live. 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. And no, I'm not going for more scans or needles, because see everything above that has to come first.

Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Amazon cards, Soapbox soaps, Black KN95 masks are 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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