I'd rather have the rain.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That's what came for us today. No rain, unless you count a few dozen widely scattered drops. No, what we got out of it were dangerous gale-force winds.

I'd rather have the rain.

In both senses of the word, actually. Everything's terrible, we're about seven weeks behind where we need to be on sales, I don't know how we're going to make it through this year, and I don't know how I'm going to make it through this week with everything I have to get done and the tax check we're going to have to write. My pain levels are absolutely off the charts, every single day has been nothing but derailments and interruptions, and I am at the end of my fucking tether.

I cannot and will not take on anything else until all this is off my desk. Period. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Do not send someone to me this week who needs a whole new . . . whatever. I can't do it. They have to join the group and post it there, or wait until next week at the earliest, possibly the week after. Because I'm out of time to get it done, my health is in jeopardy, and we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even, which we are not remotely doing now. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Red Willow Spirit: A Conspiracy of Extremes

Photo copyright Wings, 2026;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for March's end and April's birth, for a spring season that should share space with winter but feels more like summer now. It's two images from fourteen years ago, linked by a single very recent and remarkably apt work of wearable art, all of them illustrative of this land's and season's penchants for engaging in a conspiracy of extremes.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's the last day of March, taxes due, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.          

It's here.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026;
all rights reserved.

It's here, a day early. Which completely effed up our whole schedule today, but the UPS driver was kind enough to push it up the slope and leave it outside the kitchen door.

It's very small [which is not surprising, given how cheap it was, but it's what we could afford]. Actually, the dead one was small, but not this small; we only have about a 31" space, and that one was 28". This one is 20", and it's also much, much shorter, maybe a foot higher than the back of the stove. No bells and whistles, but after the problems the so-called ice-maker [leak-maker, more like] caused in our old Whirlpool one, neither of us cares.

The bigger problem today was the physical labor involved, because we had to haul the old one out, and then get this one in the door and into its spot. I'm going to be good for absolutely nothing for the rest of the week, because the way my pain levels have been lately, adding this nonsense onto it is going to flatten me. [And today was also chemo day, but whatever. I'm having to accept the fact that I'm probably never going to feel actually good again; those days are gone.]

Anyway, at least we have a working fridge.  And we got out of it without having to throw out much in the way of damaged food. Now I just need to figure out how to get the old one hauled way. the hell of it is, it still works . . . sort of.  Freezer compartment works great. the problem seems to be within the recirculating air vents, but we can't fix it; it would cost more than the old one was worth to fix it, and it's just been one problem after another from jump anyway. We just need it gone.

And I need to get my own work done, and get these stupid taxes off my desk. Needless to say, the last week has made it almost impossible to do anything on them, and today? You're joking, right? So I'm going to try to pull an all-nighter tonight to work on them, but given my fatigue levels and general lack of sleep lately, that might not be doable.

The wind and pollen aren't helping with everything else, either. I've been working flat out all last week, the weekend, and now into the rest of this week, and I'll be doing it in the middle of this god-awful flare, which means that I'll have no time [or energy, or functionality] for anything else until all this is off my desk. Period. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Because the last five, six months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Monday Photo Meditation: Standing Strong In the Hard Season

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for these difficult days when even the weather doesn't know what it's supposed to do. It's an image from 14 years ago almost to the very day, when this time of year brought us conditions both more ordinary and still extreme, and with them, lessons on the meaning of standing strong in the hard season.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's the end of March, taxes due, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.         

Unrecognizeable now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

All haze; no snow. On March 29th.

It's a terrifying sight. It shouldn't look like this before July at the earliest, and even then, the haze would be there only if there's a nearby wildfire.

Which, of course, there are — several of them in the broader region. Our topsoil is destroyed; the soil here is like talc now. The winds are kicking up again, and if the weather changes this week as the forecast says it will? Those pear blossoms will be dead, and so will any chance of pears this fall. The same will hold for a lot of leaves and other plant life.

Everything here is unrecognizeable now.

The wind and pollen aren't helping with everything else, either. I've been working flat out all weekend and it will be the same into the workweek, and I'll be doing it in the middle of this god-awful flare, which means that I'll have no time [or energy, or functionality] for anything else until all this is off my desk. Period. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Because the last five, six months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Like the Spring Winds, From All Directions

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work perfect for the vicissitudes of the season, for stability amid wild swings in temperature and weather and the hardest conditions of the year. It's a pair of earrings wrought in an old traditional style, with Wings's own unique detailing, layered with meaning and power that comes, like the spring winds, from all directions now.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes due, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

One bright spot.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

I'm operating on no sleep for the third time in under a week. No, it's nothing I can do anything about, and it's not the result of anything I'm doing or not doing. This is what autoimmune disease does. And I'm stuck with it.

The flowers are one bright spot in what has otherwise been a fucked up day [week, month] so far. My honey brought them home to me yesterday, and they're beautiful. They also make the living room smell like spring. Not that "spring" has much meaning as a category here anymore. Then again, neither does "winter."

I am going to be working flat out all weekend and probably into next week, and I'll be doing it in the middle of this god-awful flare, which means that I'll have no time [or energy, or functionality] for anything else until all this is off my desk. Period. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Because the last five, six months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

A Cold Clear Spring Night

Photo copyright  A ji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the distant skies of the dark hours, radiating light upon our world. It's a pair of classic concha earrings, freehand stampwork imparting a sense of cosmic motion around hauntingly beautiful stones, together manifest in the beauty and power of a cold clear spring night in this high-altitude land.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes due, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

All bets are off now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Look at that nonsense. High winds this morning from the east. That never happens. Well, never used to, anyway; all bets are off now. Lots of haze in the air today, dust and dirt and smoke combined. It's also cold. Yeah, I know the mercury says 65, but at these wind speeds, after days in the mid-80s to mid-90s? It feels cold.

But it's the wind that makes me miserable. I can deal with the cold, the rain, the snow, the heat, whatever. Anything but wind. My joints, already a complete mess all week, are screaming at me now. Which means I won't be going anywhere or doing anything, which is fine, because I have to get too much done here, especially the tax stuff.

Of course, it all also means I'll have no time [or energy, or functionality] for anything else. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Because the last five, six months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Friday Feature: The Transformational Winds of Spring

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of masterworks not made to match, but that coordinate beautifully, and powerfully, all the same. Each of these works is truly extraordinary, a vintage-style necklace and a cuff in the form and shape of one of the season's messenger spirits, together reminding us of the power inherent in the transformational winds of spring.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes due, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

But here we are.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Those? Are pear blossoms. Already opening.

In March.

This also should not be happening until May, but here we are.

And we supposed to get rain next week [yeah, we'll see], and a return of the cold. Fifties in the afternoon translates into 20s at night. We might not have pears this year.

I'm on no sleep, again. Well, half an hour, forty-five minutes. That's basically none. And I'm grumpy as hell because there is no part of my body that doesn't hurt, every movement is painful, nothing works, and no sleep makes all of it worse. And that's not going to change at least through the end of the month, probably into April. Every day this week has been a mess, and next week's looking like it'll be more of the same.

Which means I'll have no time for anything else. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Because the last five, six months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

#TBT: The Auroral Skies of Spring

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #TBT featured work that was one in a trio of commissioned works that captured the light in hauntingly beautiful form. It's a pair of earrings in a long, loose spiral, set with breathtaking blue-flash Labradorite that now seems to embody the auroral skies of spring.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. This work will never be duplicated exactly, 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. It's the end of March, taxes due, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.  

Wings was right.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Before the stones were set. They're done; I've got photos. The only question is whether I'll have enough tonight to get them posted.  They are spectacular, though, all three of them. Wings was right; they needed the stones.

Pain levels have not eased off at all, nor has the workload, so everything's as frenetic as yesterday. I'll be up half the night working on either tax stuff or the new work up there, depending on which gets my attention after dinner. Every day this week is a mess, and next week's looking like it'll be the same.

Which means I'll have no time for anything else. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. Because the last five, six months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

 

Spring's Song of Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work of solstice light reborn, meant to carry the world from fall to winter, but just as suited to this period of summer that should be spring. It's a personal favorite that I love beyond all reason, too, a pendant set with a freehand spiral overlay and nine separate stones, the whole perfectly apt as a manifestation of spring's song of light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Self-actualized.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Sometimes you catch a process shot that's just perfect. I didn't know about it until a few days ago, but here were three cuffs that Wings was unhappy with; not the quality of them, but a nagging feeling that they were incomplete. They were all solid silver, with incredible silverwork, but he felt they needed stones, so they're out of inventory for the moment, getting self-actualized.  

The one in this photo is getting a freeform cab of absolutely extraordinary ultra-high-grade black-web Kingman. The color of the stone itself is . . . well, have you seen examples of bluing? Th color that results when whites are soaked in indigo?  Not turquoise, not teal, somewhere between the two with a hint of royal? That's this stone. You'll see the result [plus the other two, one set with green Northern Lights turquoise, the other with ultra-high-grade Royal Web variscite] probably tomorrow.

Anyway, it's been a day. I woke feeling like a Mack truck had run over me repeatedly until it managed to accordion all my joints. They have not returned to anything remotely approaching normal, not even my stupid normal, all day. The pain is the kind that makes it hard to breathe, and my workload today is absurd. It will be for the rest of the week, too, because on top of everything else, I've got to get our taxes done and wrapped up and to the accountant this week, without fail. 

Which means I'll have no time for anything else. I'm sorry, but that includes anyone wanting mutual-aid help who's not willing to post it publicly. I'm no good to anyone if I'm hospitalized or worse, and that's where this is heading if I don't halt it now. I did manage to get those three new works up two nights ago, here, here, and here. They're all phenomenal, and given how badly we need to make some sales right now, I hope they all find their homes before I even have a chance to feature them. Because the last five months, pushing six now, have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Red Willow Spirit: The Cold Intensity of Early Spring

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for these first days of spring that should feel more like winter here. It's three related images that show this season as it used to be, linked by two remarkable works of wearable art, all of them capturing the beauty and the cold intensity of early spring.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.          

A bundle of allergies.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Yes, it's beautiful backlit by the rising sun, but it's a source of abject misery. It's also here two months early. I'm nothing but a walking — okay, hobbling, but whatever, a bundle of allergies now. It was so bad this morning that I had to dig out my Cromolyn eyedrops, because even the steroids and the chemo [yes, it's that day] wouldn't touch it. Which also meant I had to leave my lenses out for another hour or two, because that ish burns like a . . .well, you know.

At least now I can see again without trying to claw my eyes out.

Over the last little while, those thin white clouds have turned into something more. But it'll be like yesterday; nothing that holds any rain for us. Everything is so dry, and the fires not that far north of here are a star reminder of just how vulnerable we all are here now.

In the meantime, I've got to get our taxes done and wrapped up and to the accountant this week, without fail. Which means I'll have no time for anything else. I did manage to get those three new works up last night, here, here, and here. They're all phenomenal, and given how badly we need to make some sales right now, I hope they all find their homes before I even have a chance to feature them. Because the last five months, pushing six now, have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Monday Photo Meditation: Aspen Spring Blues

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for these first days of official spring, for the last days of March when conditions look and feel like May. It's an image from fourteen years ago almost to the very day, and for the annual aspen spring blues that assume a very different form now.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.         

I don't have time for this shit. Literally.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Some unexpected clouds today. The weather people are also saying we're going to get a little rain, but nah. I mean, I suppose we could get a single drop or three, but these clouds are too high, too thin, and too distant to hold anything for us in their current state. They'd have to change a lot for this to bring us anything.

New week, and it started off just fantastic, by which I mean the opposite, of course. I finally got to bed around 1 AM, and I just got settled and comfortable and the dogs came running up, demanding to go out. They had, of course just been out, and since I knew there were coyotes in the field on the northwest side of the house, we refused. Wings ordered them to go downstairs, but instead they just camped out in the bedroom doorway, making pains in the ass of themselves. He doesn't hear it, so he went right back to sleep. Me? Notsomuch.

So I finally got up, let them out, and went downstairs . . . and of course, they wanted back in almost immediately. By now, I'm wide awake, natch, so I did some work until around 3, maybe a little after. Went into the kitchen to refill my water and shut off the light, came int the living room to shut down my laptop, and OF COURSE they suddenly HAVE to go out again. So I had to wait another 20 minutes or so. Finally got upstairs and crashed; came down this morning to find that apparently the neighbors' cows were in the south field at some point? Because Sunny, who is of course the white dog, had rolled joyously in cowshit, and now has it EVERYWHERE, body, neck, legs, face. He's no longer white; he's dark green and dirty off-white.  And he REEKS.

I don't have time for this shit. Literally.

And the last five months, pushing six now, have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

The Signs and Shadows of Spring

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work perfect for the gentle beauty of the dawn, a stormy desert twilight that bequeathed us a small chance of rain for this day. It's one of Wings's newer pairs of earrings, and a personal favorite, too, freehand silverwork framing extraordinary stones, together manifest in the signs and shadows of spring.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.       

Spring colors.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Look at all those spring colors. Lots of grass now; just a shame that it's requiring watering because we didn't get any snow. [Yes, I know that technically we had "snow," just as technically we had "winter," but our snowpack is something like 17% of "normal," so . . . .]

The aspens on the east side are dripping with pollen. We shouldn't have that until May. And it hit 80 again well before noon, so it's another hot one already.

Today is a day to try to catch up on some things here. The fridge is still not cooling properly. It's cooler, and the freezer works fine, but it's not cold enough yet. I do not want to have to buy a new refrigerator. Not with taxes due.

I've also got to get those done, and other paperwork, and housework, and his new work up, and and and . . . .  And I don't have time for any of it, for the love of all that's holy. This week has had me slammed on so many fronts I can't even think straight. And still, I have to find time to chase sales, because if I don't bring those in, nothing else gets done, either. I'm determined to get the two new cuffs and the necklace up by tonight, regardless. But to do that, I need fewer interruptions across the board. 

And the last five months, pushing six now, have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

The Cool Quiet Shimmer of a New Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work perfect for these days when winter has ended both officially and otherwise, and when spring feels more like June. It's a pair of classic concha earrings set with rose quartz, a perfect wearable reminder of this season's now-daily gift of the cool quiet shimmer of a new light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.       

Oh, whatever.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

At least Miika got to enjoy the first day of official spring. Me, notsomuch. Or, you know, at all. But there's no rest for the weary. Or the wicked. Or something.

No sleep last night. None. Equal parts acute chronic pain and just general autoimmune fuckery, because that's what lupus and RA do: cause chronic insomnia for no reason other than that they can. So I finally gave up, got up, and this day has just been . . . oh, whatever.

Our fridge stopped cooling at the beginning of the week. I had to haul it out of its space today [and wow, do I not want to have to clean behind it like that again, which means I guess I need to haul it out every 6 months, at least, and do this, because ew], disconnect everything, scrub and mop and vacuum everything, defrost everything [on an allegedly frost-free freezer], and then figure out the problem. Which was apparently a leak [stupid ice maker that has been trash from Day 1] blocking the recirculating air vents. Anyway, it's finally starting to cool again now, but on no sleep, I've spent the day up and down ladders and lifting and hauling and scrubbing and just general bullshit, and I will good for absolutely nothing all weekend as a result.

And next, I have to figure out the stupid door lock. I hate proprietary crap. And it's been crap since the day the installers hung it the wrong damn way, so . . . .  That windstorm in 2018 that took half the stable roof off? Also took out that door. Wings was sitting at the island, I was at the sink, and there was this massive crash between us; the door, glass and all, fell straight onto the floor. Nobody hurt, nothing broke, and we're just grateful for that. But it happened because those numpties hung the freaking hinges UPSIDE-DOWN.

If you've asked me for something, I'll get to it when I can. I'm sorry, but I can't promise anything more than that. I'm dealing with extreme health/medical issues right now, plus the business, plus household/animals/land, plus taxes, plus 1,001 other demands on my time, and I'm not doing well at any of it, because the pain will simply not let go. People are just going to have to deal with me being perpetually late and behind on everything.

And I don't have time for any of it, for the love of all that's holy. This week has me slammed on so many fronts I can't even think straight. And still, I have to find time to chase sales, because if I don't bring those in, nothing else gets done, either.

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything. I'm going to try, again, to get this necklace and the now-TWO new cuffs up tonight, but no promises. The last five months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of stuff off it that arrived today, THANK YOU; there were no purchaser inserts with the items, zip, zero, nada];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner. 

Friday Feature: The Chill and the Glow of a High-Desert Dawn

Photo copyright Aji, 2026;
all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of seasonal works that were created not to match precisely, but to coordinate with and complement each other as well as stand entirely on their own. It's a necklace and a coil bracelet from Wings's signature series of gemstone-bead works, these capturing the chill and the glow of a high-desert dawn, a moment of magic in an unsettled and unseasonal time.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.       

The new cuff.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

The new cuff bracelet, completed. I doubt that I'll have it up tonight, but it's truly phenomenal. I'll try, though.

It's been a damn day. I woke up before dawn with my body completely twisted and and my head splitting as a result; went back to bed for a little while, but I had too many joint subluxations [partial dislocations] all over my body, plus that annoying numbness and constriction around my thoracic spine, and there's no sleep at that point anyway.

If you've asked me for something, I'll get to it when I can. I'm sorry, but I can't promise anything more than that. I'm dealing with extreme health/medical issues right now, plus the business, plus household/animals/land, plus taxes, plus a broken door lock and an apparently breaking fridge, plus 1,001 other demands on my time, and I'm not doing well at any of it, because the pain will simply not let go. People are just going to have to deal with me being perpetually late and behind on everything.

And I don't have time for any of it, for the love of all that's holy. This week has me slammed on so many fronts I can't even think straight. And still, I have to find time to chase sales, because if I don't bring those in, nothing else gets done, either.

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything. I'm going to try, again, to get this necklace and the now-TWO new cuffs up tonight, but no promises. The last five months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been pretty grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.