Winter on its way back.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Winter on its way back. We're supposed to get rain turning to a dusting of snow overnight, but the snow's already falling over Pueblo Peak. Of course, the sudden plunge in temperature and conditions comes on the day a hummingbird arrives, two full months early. Yes, we've hauled out one of the feeders and I made nectar, filled it, and hung it up. At least he'll have fuel. 

I need fuel to keep going right now. My chemo dose is upped again, to six tablets, and I'm not sure how my body's handling it yet. Five might be my limit for now; we'll see. I'm just so tired; these last weeks [months] have been so stress-filled and required so much of us both physically that I feel like I'll never catch up. I'm hoping that I don't have to leave here at all next week, except maybe to the post office if we're blessed enough to make some desperately-needed sales.

Because when we have had so many other demands on us for money and for help as we have so far this year, enough to wipe us out completely, if things don't pick up consistently very, very soon, we won't make it through this year. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end over the latter ones especially.

As though that weren't enough, my Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even for that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. And the other night, I got the new naja [it's extraordinary] posted and sent viral, and it matches an existing cuff! and you can find them here and here. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                       

Friday Feature: A Blossoming Land

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of works newly created and beautifully matched, both from the same category and wrought in a similar traditional style. It's a pair of classic slender cuffs, eminently stackable, both stamped with imagery to honor a blossoming land, one with extraordinary filework detail and the other with secret etching for texture.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We're now a third of the way through this no-longer-new calendar year and facing complications and costs, some carried over from the end of last year, some all new, that have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Hope is all we've got.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Bullsnake, enjoying the last of the warmth before the storm arrives. And it seems as though it might arrive sooner rather than later, mostly cloudy now, increasingly windy and increasingly cold.

In Wings's way, snakes mean prosperity. I sincerely hope that's true, given what this year has done to us thus far; just yesterday was another $400 cash out the door for dentist, pharmacy, and the grocery run I've been putting off for a month, all combined. But at this point, hope is all we've got. On every front.

When we have had so many other demands on us for money and for help, enough to wipe us out completely, if things don't pick up consistently very, very soon, we won't make it through this year. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end over the latter ones especially.

As though that weren't enough, my Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even for that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. And last night, I got the new naja [it's extraordinary] posted and sent viral, and it matches an existing cuff! and you can find them here and here. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                       

#TBT: A Flowering Season

Photo copyright Wings, 2024;
all rights reserved.

It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #TBT work that dates back almost two decades, and one of Wings's unique iterations of an old traditional style. It's a link bracelet created the old way, one whose stampwork pattern reminds us that this is a flowering season, for the earth, for us, and for the work we do.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As always, this work will never be duplicated, but if the general style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own. We're now a third of the way through this no-longer-new calendar year and facing complications and costs, some carried over from the end of last year, some all new, that have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.      

A lot of haze.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

That was this morning; we have green cropping up on all sides, but a lot of haze, too. There wasn't any wind yet then, which means this is smoke drifting in from somewhere.

Tomorrow's a no-burn day [which should've been the case today, too], but we're also supposed to get rain, which would be welcome. Also a faint possibility or more on Friday, and then a decent, measurable chance of snow and rain over the weekend. Of course, it won't be as warm, but we need the moisture; these winds have already dried the earth out pretty badly. 

Of course, that's not all the damage they do. I will take any kind of weather conditions but wind; it makes my joints and connective tissues flare worse than any other phenomenon. And today was one of those days filled with appointments and errands [and another $400 cash out the door, so thank all that's holy we had made a sale — dentist, pharmacy, and the grocery run I've been putting off for a month, all combined].

But we still need to keep making sales consistently in this already-terrible year. Normally, the lack of them in April wouldn't bother me so much, since everyone else is dealing with tax nonsense too, and I could reasonably depend on making it up in the weeks to come, but this year? When we have had so many other demands on us for money and for help, enough to wipe us out completely? If things don't pick up consistently very, very soon, we won't make it through this year. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end over the latter ones especially.

As thought that weren't enough, my Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even for that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. And last night, I got the new naja [it's extraordinary] posted and sent viral, and it matches an existing cuff! and you can find them here and here. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                       

A Budding Glow

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's one of Wings's newest works, a cuff that shares its name with that which lends its own to people and place, manifest as light through red willows at day's end. It's a reflection, too, on the quality of that light, a budding glow that brings our whole warming world alive once more.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We're now a third of the way through this no-longer-new calendar year and facing complications and costs, some carried over from the end of last year, some all new, that have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.     

And again, it's only Tuesday.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Pear tree about to blossom. Technically, the blossoms are there, and the leaves, too; they're just still mostly furled together. They'll probably really begin to open up tomorrow. This happened at sunrise today; the other thing that happened is that the lilac bushes began to bud, deep purple. They likely won't flower for another week or two yet, but it's on the way.

Late again, because ::gestures around at the mess everything in the world is right now::. This week has been so fraught already, and there's so much ahead of us that I'm not looking forward to. And again, it's only Tuesday. It seems like it should be one or the other:  Either the last three days should've been less overflowing with stress and nonsense, or the rest of the week should be. But no; apparently it's got to be an all-week thing.

Again.

Meanwhile, we're just trying to survive. We're not quite four full months into this year, and it's already killing us. That's not an exaggeration; it's already become a health issue.  Speaking of things that are gigantic, I knew the leachfield would be destructively expensive, and it was; same for the taxes, and they are, and there are a majority of payments still ahead of us, and no means to pay them, since as of yesterday, we hadn't had a single sale in over a month [yesterday, we made two sales plus one commission, so that particular drought, while nowhere near broken, has been alleviated momentarily]. Normally, that wouldn't bother me so much, since everyone else is dealing with tax nonsense in April, but this year? When we have had so many other demands on us for money and for help, enough to wipe us out completely? If things don't pick up very, very soon, we won't make it through this year. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end.

My Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even for that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. Tonight, I hope, I'll have the new naja [it's extraordinary] posted and sent viral, and it matches an existing cuff! so look for that. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                       

Red Willow Spirit: A Leafing Resilience

Photo copyright Wings, 2024; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for these days when spring first truly comes into its own, medicine in new leaf and flower. It's four images linked by three new works of wearable art, all of them manifest in a leafing resilience, a strength and certainty of spirit, that the worlds needs from us now.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As always, his photos are available in any of the usual three formats; simply inquire via the site's Contact form. We're now a third of the way through this no-longer-new calendar year and facing complications and costs, some carried over from the end of last year, some all new, that have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.      

Gigantic.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

It's dandelion season.  These are alpine dandelions here, the only ones that are indigenous; they're a bit larger, and they stand a bit higher, than ordinary dandelions. These, though? These are gigantic. I noticed this last year, too; with all the climatic changes this land is undergoing, one thing that's absolutely thriving are these. They're here a month early, already exploding in size and number, and they've been lasting well into the winter months, too.

Someone should study them, figure out what it is about them that's managing to handle this drought and climate collapse so well.

But colonial populations consider them "just a weed," and thus unworthy of bothering.

First ladybugs yesterday; first bullsnake today, although I didn't see him, Wings did. He's welcome, too, especially given that his primary diet [deer mice] is a major vector here for deadly diseases. Unfortunately, in the news is word that flies, common house flies, are apparently a vector for avian flu; I also know of two separate incidents of a cat and a dog locally showing up with what could be symptoms of it. Given that no one here can be bothered to mitigate COVID in the slightest, I guarantee you nobody's going to test them for that. Even though it's been in this state for at least a month already, and they've had to cull every bird at a hatchery down by Portales already. Fatal in 100% of cases of cats and dogs; in 50% of humans. And still y'all's president hasn't said so much as a word about it, so maybe you best get on that.

Meanwhile, we're just trying to survive. We're not quite four full months into this year, and it's already killing us. That's not an exaggeration; it's already become a health issue.  Speaking of things that are gigantic, I knew the leachfield would be destructively expensive, and it was; same for the taxes, and they are, and there are a majority of payments still ahead of us, and no means to pay them, since as of yesterday, we hadn't had a single sale in over a month [today, we've had one sale and one commission, so that particular drought, while nowhere near broken, has been alleviated momentarily]. Normally, that wouldn't bother me so much, since everyone else is dealing with tax nonsense in April, but this year? When we have had so many other demands on us for money and for help, enough to wipe us out completely? If things don't pick up very, very soon, we won't make it through this year. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end.

My Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even fo that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. Presumably the naja in process I showed here the other day will be available soon, too. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                      

Monday Photo Meditation: An Expanding Breath

Photo copyright Wings, 2024; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for this trickster season whose greater compensation is that it is also a season of firsts. It's a contemplation of the gifts those first provide and the example that they offer us, of the value of an expanding breath to re-energize and strengthen us for the days and the work ahead.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As always, his photos are available in any of the usual three formats; simply inquire via the site's Contact form. We're now a third of the way through this no-longer-new calendar year and facing complications and costs, some carried over from the end of last year, some all new, that have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.     

A terrible month.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Haze everywhere this morning. Not enough wind to kick up any dust [yet], so that leaves smoke. There's still a pall above the horizon to the west, so presumably there's a fire that way — and still nothing reported for NM, so possibly in CO or UT, or even in AZ, carried up here on the winds.

April here is a terrible month for so very many, many reasons, and now there's always the threat of wildfire added to the wind and the ongoing record drought.

We're not quite four full months into this year, and it's already killing us. That's not an exaggeration; it's already become a health issue.  I knew the leachfield would be destructively expensive, and it was; same for the taxes, and they are, and there are a majority of payments still ahead of us, and no means to pay them, since we haven't had a single sale in over a month. Normally, that wouldn't bother me so much, since everyone else is dealing with tax nonsense in April, but this year? When we have had so many other demands on us for money and for help, enough to wipe us out completely? If things don't pick up very, very soon, we won't make it through this year. And the other demands on me are just as relentless [the ones that don't, directly, anyway, have to do explicitly with money]; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end.

My Patreon is still down by more than $700 a month over last year, and as our most consistent source of income, that is what pays our monthly bills like utilities and groceries and gas and so forth. It's not going to be enough even fo that, never mind the taxes and everything else. Somehow, I have to bring in sales. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. Presumably the naja in process I showed here the other day will be available soon, too. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                     

A Growing Peace

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for world desperately in need of what the light of peace that it symbolizes, if it — and we — are to survive. It's a contemplation of the destruction that peace's absence creates, of the example the trees can set for us, and of a growing peace out there waiting to be born, if we all step up to the work of it.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We're now a third of the way through this no-longer-new calendar year and facing complications and costs, some carried over from the end of last year, some all new, that have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.    

Par for the course for this awful week.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Lots of dark clouds for a very short time; maybe two dozen drops out of it.  Just enough for me to race out to cover the hay and have a pallet pop up in my face and catch me on the bone on the outside of my right hand while I was fighting the wind to tarp it. As though I don't have enough pain already.

I've already whacked the earlier text, because there's no point. Suffice to say that Blogger has been down on the back end all day, and it literally just came back up, so here we are.

Par for the course for this awful week. So is the trickster wind, and the lack of rain.

The last few weeks have been a nightmare on multiple fronts. The most immediately inconvenient is the dental stuff Wings is going through, and we're both exhausted from that. Exhausted, too, from all the financial stresses, and in my case, from the worsening of my illness generally, and two aggravating factors that are trying my sanity. I had what appeared to be a full-body allergic reaction to one of my meds, and going off it has lessened it a bit, but not nearly enough, and the irritation is on my last nerve. On top of that, several of my meds lower blood glucose, which sound like a good thing, but when you're already hypoglycemic [NOT diabetic; NOT pre-diabetic; lifelong hypoglycemic] it becomes a real problem. I've gone off three different meds, because I've been pulling blood glucose numbers like 55, and I cannot function that way. And no, there's nothing to replace the meds, so I'm apparently just simply screwed on that front. And this year's demands upon us from every quarter, which have already wiped us out and will continue to do so for the rest of the year, have not let up, either; there was another one this morning, and I'm genuinely on the threshold of losing my mind. Meanwhile, there are no sales to replenish those outlays, and the other demands on me are just as relentless; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end.

Somehow, I have to bring in sales. This is what they used to call the drop-dead moment in a process or dynamic, and we're at it. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. Presumably the naja in process above will be available soon, too. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                     

The Animating Spirit of Fire

Photo copyright Aji, 2024;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it’s a work for a spirit of fire, and for the magic and mystery of its gifts.  It’s one, too, for the beauty of power of its lessons, reminding us that the world needs us to ignite the animating spirit of fire in our own souls now.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We're now well into the fourth [and by far most costly] month of this new calendar year [and already official spring] and facing complications and costs carried over from the end of last year have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.    

Existential threat.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Smoke plume this morning. It was there last night, too. Nothing announevd or reported, you understand; just the existential threat of it, clearly visible, hanging low and far too close for comfort.

Of course, the whole world is under existential threat these days; one glance at the news is enough to tell you that. There is evil abroad now, and your tax dollars are funding it.

So are ours, and the fury that ignites in my spirit is barely containable. 

We're both exhausted, and this added situation is not alleviating that at all. And that righteous rage is made all the worse by the knowledge that this year's demands upon us from every quarter have already wiped us out, and will continue to do so for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, there are no sales to replenish those outlays, and the other demands on me are relentless; there is no help for any of it, and I am at my wits' end.

Somehow, I have to bring in sales. This is what they used to call the drop-dead moment in a process or dynamic, and we're at it. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. Presumably the naja in process above will be available soon, too. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                     

Friday Feature: Smoke and Light and Whirlwind Flame

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of works that Wings created last year to honor summer's Midnight Magic, but that suit our current spring conditions perfectly. Originally a trio, the two works that remain in inventory capture the medicine of fire and night, of smoke and light and whirlwind flame.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We're now well into the fourth [and by far most costly] month of this new calendar year [and already official spring] and facing complications and costs carried over from the end of last year have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.     

Becoming something.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

How a piece of scrap silver becomes a work of art. It was a length of sterling silver triangle wire, not long enough for a cuff for most adults, but too heavy a gauge for a child's cuff. He began stamping it experimentally, just trying out a design, and it worked, and now it's becoming something.

So was the rest of this day. Yet more dental stuff for Wings, with more to come next week. He's still dealing with excruciating pain, and the limits that it places on what he can eat, which are all the problematic because he's diabetic. He's also dealing with added complication from infection, which I warned the visiting dentist about, but he insisted antibiotics weren't needed, which of course was wrong; fortunately, the regular dentist took care of that on Tuesday. But it's yet one more problem for him to deal with, and it's doubly difficult when he can't eat properly. We're both exhausted, and this added situation is not alleviating that at all. 

And through it all, there's the constant drumbeat of demands on us both. In financial terms that stops now; until this year's taxes are paid, and next year's prepaid, because I'm not going through this again, there will be no money for anything but our baseline needs and other bills. No donations. Period. We don't have it.

Somehow, I have to bring in sales. This is what they used to call the drop-dead moment in a process or dynamic, and we're at it. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings a few nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs, here. Presumably the naja in process above will be available soon, too. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                     

#ThrowbackThursday: Plumes of Smoke and Shafts of Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2024; all rights reserved.

It's #TBT at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #ThrowbackThursday featured work that dates back to 2013 or so, perhaps a bit earlier, and one in Wings's long-running signature series known as the Warrior Woman. It's an entry that was a bit unusual for its choice of stone, the golden chatoyance of deep brown tiger's eye, reminding us of the power of our prayers, sent skyward on plumes of smoke and shafts of light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As always, this work will never be duplicated, but if the general style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own. We're now well into the fourth [and by far most costly] month of this new calendar year [and already official spring] and facing complications and costs carried over from the end of last year have completely wiped us out. We need to make consistent sales urgently, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.     

A lot of week left to endure.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Beautiful lenticular clouds this morning. Normally, they herald a change in the weather [in favor of a coming storm], but they're all gone now. The wind is rising, and it feels a lot colder now than it did at ten o'clock this morning, even through the mercury insists it twenty-something degrees warmer than it was then.

The pace of the last few weeks, and the sheer chaos of it all, has my internal clock completely destroyed. All day long, I keep catching myself thinking it's Saturday. Nope; it's only Wednesday, and there's a lot of week left to endure.

And I do mean endure. More dental stuff for Wings yesterday, and running around for meds and whatever, and he has another follow-up at the end of the week, and there will undoubtedly be more next week. Meanwhile, he's dealing with excruciating pain, and the limits that it places on what he can eat, which are all the problematic because he's diabetic. We're both exhausted, and this added situation is not alleviating that at all. 

And through it all, there's the constant drumbeat of demands on us both. In financial terms that stops now; until this year's taxes are paid, and next year's prepaid, because I'm not going through this again, there will be no money for anything but our baseline needs and other bills. No donations. Period. We don't have it.

Somehow, I have to bring in sales. This is what they used to call the drop-dead moment in a process or dynamic, and we're at it. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings three nights ago, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs night before last, here. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.                     

The Work of Fire

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the truth that of sun and earth is fire born, in a world in need of its powers of healing, of restoration and renewal. It's a contemplation, too, of the nature of true community, of relatives in collaboration and cooperation, and of the truth that we must make the work of fire, and of all stewardship, a labor of love now.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We're now well into the fourth [and by far most costly] month of this new calendar year and facing complications and costs carried over from the end of last year, which means that we will need to make consistent sales, so shares are very much needed and much appreciated. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.    

And it's only Tuesday.

Photo copyright Aji, 2024; all rights reserved.

Click on the photo to enlarge it; I promise it's more than a tire track, LOL.  

What it is, actually, is a shot of new green breaking through the earth to be born. It's happening all over the land now; we've had just enough moisture to allow it, and the land and the plants are taking full advantage of it while they can.

It's been a day. Again. And a week. And it's only Tuesday. 

More dental stuff for Wings today, and running around for meds and whatever, and he has another follow-up at the end of the week, and there will undoubtedly be more next week. We're both exhausted, and this is not alleviating that at all. 

And through it all, there's the constant drumbeat of demands on us both. In financial terms that stops now; until this year's taxes are paid, and next year's prepaid, because I'm not going through this again, there will be no money for anything but our baseline needs and other bills. No donations. Period. We don't have it.

Somehow, I have to bring in sales. This is what they used to call the drop-dead moment in a process or dynamic, and we're at it. If you're in the market, now would be a really, REALLY good time. I posted four new pairs of earrings two nights, here, all at lower price points than his usual, and three new all-silver cuffs last night, here. And as always, all the regular links are listed below, with sales, as always, being the most important:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here ( we'll always need the dog treats for the monsters, and Amazon and Lowe's cards [the Lowe's cards are probably going to have to go on a new fridge, so I'm hoarding them]); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim 2023, and with this year starting off MUCH worse, we really need to get 2024 moving onto a better footing, so please share all of the links. 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2024; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.