LIA Newsletter 15

New Listings

This is not, strictly speaking, a new listing. Rather it is one that was due for renewal, but it seemed better to me that I completely redo the listing, with a new title, description, tags, etc. Maybe now it will get more traction.

A photograph I took while driving the Pacific Coast Highway through California’s Sonoma County.

Recent Sales (in no particular order)

An unknown customer bought this image in the form of an art print.

On November 17th, a customer in Wisconsin bought this image in the form of a set of coasters.

On November 13th, a customer in Maryland bought this 15 oz mug with a black handle and interior.

What’s Going On

I took most of the past week off, with what I’m calling “sick leave.” I alluded to the problem in last week’s newsletter, and I see I was feeling even worse that I realized as I just left off in the middle of a sentence–and didn’t catch that when proofreading.

Long story short, while I was in West Virginia last month, the left side of my jaw started hurting. Not 24/7 but enough that when I got home, I made an appointment to see my dentist.

Adventures in Dentistry

The dentist took a series of x-rays and also a cat scan of my mouth. Good news! There didn’t seem to be anything wrong with my teeth or gums. Hooray! But my jaw still hurts.

The dentist guessed that I had either a sinus infection or an infection in place where my root canal (yes, I’ve had only one) hadn’t fully healed. He sent me off with a prescription for Amoxicillin and a promise to refer me to a specialist if the pain continued.

More Adventures

The antibiotic did nothing to solve the pain issue. It did upset my stomach, which made it hard for me to sit at my computer and get any work done. Hence the “sick leave” I mentioned above. I can sit in my recliner and read, but I cannot, comfortably, sit at the computer.

Which brings us to yesterday

My dentist did refer me to a specialist–two in fact. The first couldn’t see me until January and did not accept my insurance wanting to be paid upfront. I opted for the second, the one who saw me yesterday

He used my dentist’s x-rays, but did his own cat scans. He tapped on my teeth, sent ice cold water against them, and in the end, “guessed” that I need a root canal. Maybe two. A root canal costs $2.000 and maybe my insurance will pay 60%. Seems to be a lot of out-of-pocket expense to see if the doc’s guess is right. Or not. More to come on that front.

Updates from last week

1. I have requested my money back on the video production software I bought. I never got it to work, and the customer support was all but nonexistent.
2. We now have 54 fish in our 3 aquaria. Our blue crayfish crawled out from his hiding place and died. Sic transit, and all that. The rest of the fish seem to be doing just fine.

Recent Sales

On November 15th, a customer in Virginia bought this 15 oz mug with a blue handle and interior.

On November 16th, a customer in Illinois bought two of these mugs, a 15 oz all white mug and an 11 oz mug with a red handle and interior.

On November 19th, a customer in Virginia bought this 11 oz all white mug.

On November 18th, a customer in Pennsylvania bought this 11 oz mug with a black handle and interior.

How to order these for yourself

Each individual photo is a clickable link which will open my sales page in a new tab. The captions below each picture are also links to the sales page. Note that I sell my work primarily on Etsy, but also on RedBubble and TeePublic.