All bets are off now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Look at that nonsense. High winds this morning from the east. That never happens. Well, never used to, anyway; all bets are off now. Lots of haze in the air today, dust and dirt and smoke combined. It's also cold. Yeah, I know the mercury says 65, but at these wind speeds, after days in the mid-80s to mid-90s? It feels cold.

But it's the wind that makes me miserable. I can deal with the cold, the rain, the snow, the heat, whatever. Anything but wind. My joints, already a complete mess all week, are screaming at me now. Which means I won't be going anywhere or doing anything, which is fine, because I have to get too much done here, especially the tax stuff.

Of course, it all also means I'll have no time [or energy, or functionality] for anything else. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Because the last five, six months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

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