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March first; first day of meteorological spring [and 72 degrees]; first egg.
Yes, it's a broken egg; one of the 'lorps occasionally lays one with a shell that hasn't hardened entirely, and quite often, her first one of the year is like this. But it means they'll be laying regularly soon. And given the literal price of eggs now [and the fact that stores are limiting purchases], that will save us some money.
Spirit knows we need all the help we can get on that score. Last year was a nightmare, all year long: expenses of the sort you can't plan for that were astronomical, combined with one of our worst sales years ever. The really bad part is that we still haven't recovered from it. Meanwhile, new expenses mount, and we've made a grand total of three sales all year so far.
That won't even begin to cut it.
Wings has been rocking in the studio for weeks. There's a ton of new work, but posted just this week alone are two new pairs of Red Creek jasper earrings, plus four new necklaces [one vintage-style oval and three hearts, the latter all made with some really unique materials]. And, of course, there are all the other new works from the past two months, a couple of bolos, a new buckle, endless cuffs, I don't know how many pairs of earrings. If you're in the market? Now would be a really, really good time to buy. We have to pay taxes soon; we have to replace our well's pressure pump; we have to get a security system installed suddenly; and I still need to replace my laptop, which I have to baby along daily. We're also having to help relatives with some cultural obligations [that's already begun the last couple of weeks, and there's a lot more to go]. And of course, there are all the animals' expenses. Gotta keep the chickie girls happy: Those eggs won't lay themselves. [And yes, they've been known to go on strike when they don't get what they want.]
So I really, really need to sell some of his work, and soon.
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 last year, and this one beginning at least as badly, we urgently need to move 2025 onto a better footing before taxes take every last cent, so please share all of the links.
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