Get them while you still can! Call me crazy, but it seems to me $100 for a lifetime worth of anything is a great deal. So go ahead and treat yourself, if you are so inclined; I'm sure you deserve it!
If you'd rather, there is still teh list, where I am equally sure you will find a kossack or two whose comments and contributions bring you some measure of happiness. If we're really lucky, recipients of lifetime subs are wallowing in guilt and looking for a way to pay it forward!
And if $100 is beyond your budget, the small donations pool is still happening:
You can also donate smaller amounts through the Small Donor Drive. The donations collected through this drive will be pooled to randomly purchase lifetime subscriptions for those on the list. So far 21 Kossacks have been gifted with a lifetime subscription through this method. You can make a small donation by going to paypal.com and selecting the 'send money' option on the left. Type in KelleyRN2@gmail.com as the destination. You will receive an e-mail notification that your donation was completed. When the lifetime subscription drive ends an anonymous donor has offered to pony up the remaining amount necessary to purchase one last subscription.
Without further ado, the list:
Just look at how much joy has already been spread:
GIFTED LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTIONS
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teacherken ▪ teej ▪ terrypinder ▪ TexH ▪ TexMex ▪ theatre goon ▪ The Book Bear ▪ TheFatLadySings ▪ theRoaringGirl ▪ the mom in the middle ▪ The Troubadour ▪ timewarp ▪ TomorrowsProgressives ▪ Tonyahky ▪ Tool ▪ Translator ▪ triciawyse ▪ triv33 ▪ Trix ▪ twigg ▪ TX Scotia ▪
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Mostly though, this diary gives me a great excuse to post
this:
check the south-southwest sky right after the sun sets. Venus will likely catch your eye first since it will be shining about one-fifth of the way up from the horizon. Now look off to the right and at a slightly lower altitude from Venus and you'll also catch sight of the slender sliver of a waxing crescent moon.
The eye-catching duo will quickly descend as the sky darkens, finally setting about 2 1/2 hours after sunset, beyond the southwest horizon.
What better way to end the year than all of the above? Here's to the future!