It has been a few months since I’ve reminded y’all that I depend on your support to keep this blog going. Of course, I mean column-length reminders; this small reminder typically appears three times a week as a postscript on my news and links columns:
I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one. Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful. But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer. So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets. Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements. Thanks so much!
The problem with this, of course, is that such fixtures quickly become as invisible to regular readers as a picture that’s been on your wall for years; you lose the ability to actually see it. So every so often, I like to remind y’all that this invisible sign is still there. This isn’t to say that things are especially tight right now; the annex project is mostly done except for the bills, the weather still isn’t cold enough yet to inflate my heating bills, and I’m hoping the wood-burning stove helps defray some of that cost this winter. Plus, the harvest was plentiful enough that I’ve been able to supplement both our and the animals’ food with home-grown produce. But I have lost a few subscribers this year, and though PayPal keeps showing me irritating “suggestions” that I nag lapsed subscribers to “help them get caught up”, I’m not comfortable with that; everybody is feeling the pinch of increased inflation, and if money is a bit too tight for some readers to continue helping me, I’m not going to attempt to shame or hassle them (and I’m genuinely grateful for the help they did give even if they stop later).
So if you appreciate my writing and would like to contribute to my upkeep, please consider subscribing; if you can manage one of the higher levels, that would be especially nice. But if you can’t, the regular subscription levels in the right-hand column will do nicely. And if that’s still more than you can commit to, my birthday is coming up at the end of this month and I do have an Amazon wishlist (some items are even seasonal!) As always, thank you for reading and caring! 
