Caught in it.

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

Beautiful clouds this morning. Not a drop of rain out of it. A mile down the road, on the other hand . . . .  And it poured in town. We got caught in it, natch.

The last few days have been a mess, schedule-wise and they have absolutely wrecked my well-being. Too much time on my feet, both walking around and standing in line on hard surfaces; too much disruption to literally everything. Chemo on Monday has wiped me out since, and nothing's taking the edge off my pain levels, so if I have my way, I'm going nowhere for the next five days, at least.

And as I said, this is the last week for that nonsense. I'm not doing this again. I can't.

And I've got too damn much to do. I need to bring in a lot more sales than what we've been doing, because there's all the medical stuff to pay for, new scrips, and a bunch of equipment stuff he needs for his work. It's been a ridiculously expensive year already [on top of last year], but if we can just continue to make regular weekly sales, we'll be fine. But we need to make those sales now. I posted seven new works by Wings this past week, but I've got to sell them for it to make any difference. There's a lot of gorgeous new work up, and that includes several pairs of brand new earrings are a more modest price point than most of this work. And to that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here; 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2025; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.           v

Water and Fire Fill the Skies of Summer's End

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork for this very season, one in which each day shows us all the shades of the sun, and often all the shades of the storm, as well. It's an extraordinary example of wearable art, a big, bold necklace wrought in Wings's own inimitable style, pendant and beads reminding us that water and fire fill the skies of summer's end, with power and with medicine.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. And the well is fixed; we're good for now, but we still need to continue to bring in consistent sales each and every week.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2025; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.   

Too damn much to do.

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

What is it? It's the inset panel of the left-hand door of my kitchen island. It was built using those tiny screws and even tinier nails, and somehow, everything came out. Wings is taking a belt-and-suspenders approach to it, using wood glue [hence the clamps]. Then we'll pick up more of the right size nails and screws and he'll put it back in place. [No, he's not the one who built it; he's just fixing it.]

It's been a godawful day in too many ways. My pain levels are off the charts, partly, I assume, because yesterday was chemo day, complicated by the doctor's appointments, either of which is enough to wipe me out anyway. most of the day was nothing but derailments, so here I am, at nine-fifteen in the fucking evening, all over again.

This is the last week for that nonsense. I'm not doing this again. I can't.

And I've got too damn much to do. I need to bring in a lot more sales than what we've been doing, because there's all the medical stuff to pay for, new scrips, and a bunch of equipment stuff he needs for his work. It's been a ridiculously expensive year already [on top of last year], but if we can just continue to make regular weekly sales, we'll be fine. But we need to make those sales now. I posted seven new works by Wings this past week, but I've got to sell them for it to make any difference. There's a lot of gorgeous new work up, and that includes several pairs of brand new earrings are a more modest price point than most of this work. And to that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here; 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2025; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.           v

Red Willow Spirit: The Last Flight of Summer's Stormy Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2025; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for a hot season racing headlong toward fall, and for the spirits, now mostly absent, that mark this time of year. It's a tribute to the First Medicines provided by rain and sun, and for those migratory messengers, the butterflies, three images linked by two powerfully apt works of wearable art, honoring the last flight of summer's stormy light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. And the well is fixed; we're good for now, but we still will need to continue to bring in consistent sales each and every week.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2025; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.  

It's beautiful.

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

Look at those splotches of sun through the stormclouds. Absolutely gorgeous skies late this afternoon and evening, and it's been raining steadily now for three hours, maybe a little more. It's beautiful. It's also cold enough for our first fire of the season now.

Which is a good way to end the day, because it's been absolutely exhausting. I'm glad it's done, and I hope I don't have to go anywhere at all tomorrow, because obviously, I'm even further behind now than I was when I woke up this morning. The good thing is that my last round of labs show the chemo is working; I still have all the antibodies [and always will, AFAIK], but the inflammatory markers are back to a decent baseline [and they're the far more dangerous part, since they're the single biggest indicator of catastrophic cardiac events, so even though my heart's been in good shape all along, it's good to know that it's not being strained by that, either]. The other stuff we're doing on a DIY basis for now, because if we can get answers without expensive blood workups and even more expensive scans, so much the better.

And now, I've got to make it rain in the other sense, because all this stuff still costs, and I need to bring in a lot more sales now. It's been a ridiculously expensive year [on top of last year], but if we can just continue to make regular weekly sales, we'll be fine. But we need to make those sales now. I posted seven new works by Wings this past week, but I've got to sell them for it to make any difference. There's a lot of gorgeous new work up, and that includes several pairs of brand new earrings are a more modest price point than most of this work. And to that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here; 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2025; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.           

Monday Photo Meditation: The Light of the Summer's Last Storms

Photo copyright Wings, 2025; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for stormy conditions of the blessedly literal sort, and of the far more dangerous metaphorical ones, too. It's an image that dates back some two decades, shot at film at a date unknown now, but a perfect representation of the haunting beauty and mystery of the light of the summer's last storms.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. And the well is fixed; we're good for now, but we still need to continue to bring in consistent sales each and every week.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2025; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.         

In the pipeline.

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

More of the work that's been in the pipeline for weeks, even months. It'll be a while before this one's done; it's going to be a gorget of sorts, a big old-style collar necklace. And there's a lot of smithing yet to do on it.

There are just never enough hours in the day, for either of us. And it's made all the worse by days like this, when my pain levels are so bad that I can barely move. 

Speaking of what's in the pipeline, I have to get through tomorrow, and then I . . . well, I won't be able to take it easy by any stretch of the imagination, but at least some of the most debilitating pressures should be off, at least util the end of the week. But getting through tomorrow is going to be rough, and everything will probably be late, and I will probably be useless for just about everything.

And that's not good, either, because I need to bring in a lot more sales now. It's been a ridiculously expensive year [on top of last year], and depending on what comes out of my doctor's appointment at the end of the month, it might get a whole lot more expensive yet, which only adds to that pressure. If we can just continue to make regular weekly sales, we'll be fine. But we need to make those sales now; I posted seven new works by Wings this past week, but I've got to sell them for it to make any difference. There's a lot of gorgeous new work up, and that includes several pairs of brand new earrings are a more modest price point than most of this work. And to that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here; 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2025; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.