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Drastic color change in the stands of trees across the highway today. Yeah, they're dry, the leaves are friable, and yes, that's drought, but that clear shift to yellow on the top half? That came overnight. Probably because we got so much rain lat in the day, and its getting into the forties at night — not freezing yet, but when trees are injured by drought, it's enough to do damage. That level of leaf drop? That's early November here, not the first week of September.
Well, it used to be, anyway. There's no normal left here anymore.
That's apparently true on all fronts. It's about to get a lot worse, too, as federal law goes into effect before the holidays and people get kicked off Medicaid. We're staring down what it looks like to be without any medical care whatsoever, for entirely different [yet not unrelated] reasons. I've been here before, most of my life, actually, but I was a lot younger then, and I hadn't already nearly died multiple times.
So as I said last night, I'm equal parts furious, terrified, and exhausted. And there's no time for this crap. I've got to bring in a lot more sales and I can't even get enough time to chase them because of everything else. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:
- Sales here;
- Testimonials here;
- Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
- Patreon here;
- Ko-fi here.
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