But here we are.

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Those? Are pear blossoms. Already opening.

In March.

This also should not be happening until May, but here we are.

And we supposed to get rain next week [yeah, we'll see], and a return of the cold. Fifties in the afternoon translates into 20s at night. We might not have pears this year.

I'm on no sleep, again. Well, half an hour, forty-five minutes. That's basically none. And I'm grumpy as hell because there is no part of my body that doesn't hurt, every movement is painful, nothing works, and no sleep makes all of it worse. And that's not going to change at least through the end of the month, probably into April. Every day this week has been a mess, and next week's looking like it'll be more of the same.

Which means I'll have no time 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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