A big thank you to paid subscribers
We appreciate you!
I just wanted to send out a big thank you to all of you who pitch in for the content you read here. A lot of writers say they use what they make off of Substack for coffee or whatever. For Loviefluffy and me, your contributions cover things like the $53 a month her medication and the cost of her prescription diet. I look at Substack as a way to build community more than to make money, and the community here sustains me through really difficult times as well as good. But the money also helps in a very real way. So for those of you who are able, your contributions are appreciated and go to good use. I am off from work for election day today, and soon I will head downtown to get the baby’s medicine from the compounding pharmacy where they make her fish flavored thyroid medicine treat. It’s the only way she will take her meds, and she loves them. Every morning and every evening, in her special black cat face bowl, she gets her medicated treat along with a pet pet. It’s a ritual. Your contributions make it possible.
Almost all of my content is free, but I think I will start making one to two posts per month for paid subscribers only. Those may be somewhat more controversial or somewhat more personal posts than the ones I put out there for everyone. All who are not paid subscribers have the ability to read one for free and then to upgrade.
If anyone is thinking of becoming a paid subscriber, it’s a great time!
We love and are grateful for all of you, paid and unpaid, who support our work!
Love,
April and Loviefluffy
With a favorite catnip fish.
I met a veteranarian who told me that there was an uptick in thyroid disease in cats around the time she graduated from Vet. school (~1970). She told me it wasn't clear why, but that it was environmental in origen. 50+ yrs later, the endocrine society is very concerned about endocrine disruptors in the environment (affecting humans). I find it 'interesting' that I became hypothyroid at a younger age than my mother.