Meet the new work.

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Meet the new work. It's extraordinary. That stone is one that has been in his private collection for literal decades; it's an almost pure, perfect blue, although up close, beneath the lens of the camera, you can see the faint whorls in it, and it has a tiny line or two of chert at one edge. Given its age, it's probably either an absolutely fantastic specimen of Sleeping Beauty, or a virtually matrix-free one of old Blue Gem. Either way, it's phenomenal.

So is the setting, all saw-cut and filed freehand, deeply, repeatedly, chasing the lines until they look like the petals of a flower opening around the sky. The bail is tucked low behind the top; the beads are almost entirely natural blue turquoise of unknown origin, with evenly spaced pops of Hill Tribe fine silver [.999 purity, v. sterling's .925].  The strand is roughly 22", excluding findings; figure between 22" and 23" overall.

With luck, I'll have the photos resized and the description up this evening on the site.

Be nice if we could sell it right away. He has another one in process, slightly larger pendant, but the stone is close to the same size; not turquoise, but natural marcasite. it looks like a molten sun.

We'll see how far I get on this one tonight, though; I'm still way behind on everything else. This day has been pretty much like the whole last week, which is to say, a new problem everywhere we turn, and the rest of the week is looking like more of the same. Harder when I don't have full use of my dominant arm/hand, too. And, of course, we still need shares, and we most definitely still need weekly sales, until I can get everything covered that has to get covered [and that will be a good long while]. I don't get any breaks from that, either. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Priorities are Amazon gift cards, which we can ALWAY use, and the liquid soaps that we c an't get anywhere around here); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year last year, and this one beginning at least as badly, we urgently need to move 2025 onto a better footing because taxes to this Nazi administration have already tapped us out and we still owe more anyway, 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.                

Earth and Light In Living Harmony

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork for these days of new warmth and nascent green, for Earth's round dance of season and time. It's a bolo wrought in an old traditional style, a giant concha wrought entirely freehand and set with a fabulous old stone in greens and golds, like a healthy earth and light living in harmony.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We have huge expenses awaiting us this year, and we need to bring in sales each and every week to cover them. So we need shares, but most of all, we need sales.

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.  

Golden birds.

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The kingbirds are here in force this year — the whole clan is camped out on the red willow branches and the chicken-wire fence. Now that the tanagers are here, too, we seem to have the full complement of golden birds of spring and summer:  both of them, plus the siskins, and the goldfinches, and at least one female evening grosbeak. Still waiting on our first butterflies, though. That's probably mostly due to the fact that it was still only forty-one degrees at ten o'clock this morning; we've had several nights in a row below freezing now.

Not a single cloud in the sky anywhere all day today, though. Plenty of smoke haze to the west from neighboring states, but no clouds, and our air, at least, remained pretty clear. I could go outside without masking and not have my asthma kick up.

The subluxes are another matter entirely. My right shoulder is still a mess, as are my neck, my right hand, my ribs, and both feet. Unfortunately, these are not like ordinary joint dislocations; I can't just have them put back in place. They have to resolve themselves on their own, and that can be anywhere from a few hours to several months. If you remember what I was dealing with year some years back when they put me on the baseline lupus drug, they didn't resolve until I went off the damn thing, so essentially a whole year of crippling, unresolvable pain. I have to find out this week whether I stay on the chemo at this dose or not. And then, of course, there's all the rest of it, and I have no idea what's going to come out of that this week. I'm not looking forward to it, not the labs, not the cost and definitely not the possible outcomes, but here we are.

On the other front, it appears that we will be okay [for a while; until the next round of payments and repairs is required] after tomorrow, but we still need shares, and we most definitely still need weekly sales, until I can get everything covered that has to get covered [and that will be a good long while]. I don't get any breaks from that, either. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Priorities are Amazon gift cards, which we can ALWAY use, and the liquid soaps that we c an't get anywhere around here); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year last year, and this one beginning at least as badly, we urgently need to move 2025 onto a better footing because taxes to this Nazi administration have already tapped us out and we still owe more anyway, 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.                

Red Willow Spirit: A Reminder of, a Recommitment to Life

Photo copyright Wings, 2025; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for days of gale-force winds and unseasonal cold, of recalling what was so that we know what we must rebuild. It's three related images linked by a single, singularly apt work of wearable art shown from two perspectives, collectively a reminder of, a recommitment to life and to the work ahead.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We have huge expenses awaiting us this year, and we need to bring in sales each and every week to cover them. So we need shares, but most of all, we need sales.

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.        

Coming tomorrow.

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The latest work in progress. That's what's coming tomorrow; beads are strung, but it still needs findings. 

I just hope tomorrow's a better day across the board, because this one has sucked.

I've had a dislocation in the shoulder of my dominant arm for days now, but it's getting worse. I haven't had one this bad, or this kind of pain with it, in months. It's the kind that makes sleep impossible, and it makes doing anything impossible, too, so all my work today is taking twice as long and is at best half-assed. And it affects everything. So do the myriad other smaller dislocations: hip, hand, feet. And then there's all the rest of it, and I have no idea what's going to come out of that this week.

On the other front, it appears that we will be okay [for a while; until the next round of payments and repairs is required] after Tuesday or Wednesday, but we still need shares, and we most definitely still need weekly sales, until I can get everything covered that has to get covered. I don't get any breaks from that, either. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Priorities are Amazon gift cards, which we can ALWAY use, and the filters for the air purifiers, which are doing double-duty right now with our record-high pollen levels this spring); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year last year, and this one beginning at least as badly, we urgently need to move 2025 onto a better footing because taxes to this Nazi administration have already tapped us out and we still owe more anyway, 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: To Embrace a Living World

Photo copyright Wings, 2025; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for hard days and harder conditions, and for finding hope that is grounded in what is truly possible. It's an image that dates back a dozen years, one to remind us what it means to embrace a living world.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We have huge expenses awaiting us this year, and we need to bring in sales each and every week to cover them. So we need shares, but most of all, we need sales.

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.        

There is no normal now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

Amazing skies today. The good thng is tat we can actually see them, despite these terrible winds. Apparently they're not os lucky a little south of here; lots of warnings about blowing dust and low visibility.

Here, though? It's cold. It really doesn't feel like late May; normally, we make a big jump in terms of temps this month.

But, of course, there is no normal now.

No normal in any context, apparently. The world is on fire, the [literal] Nazis are running everything [into the ground], people are dying entirely unnecessarily, and our so-called "leaders" want us to believe that it's just a matter of the right sternly-worded letter and waiting them out. Which, of course, ignores the whole "people dying unnecessarily now" part. And it's getting harder to have any patience with anyone espousing that bullshit when I'm in this kind of pain. The last three or four days have been absolutely murderous, and my ability to move, walk, use my arms and hands, sit, stand, sleep, whatever, is badly impaired. We'll see what labs get ordered, and what they show. I don't hold out a lot of hope, for what by now should be obvious reasons. I mean, none of this is normal, either, but this is what I have to deal with every moment of every day.

On the other front, it appears that we will be okay [for a while; until the next round of payments and repairs is required] after Tuesday or Wednesday, but until then, no. So. We still need shares, and we most definitely still need sales. As in now, today, this weekend and beyond, until I can get everything covered that has to get covered. I don't get any breaks from that, either. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here (Priorities are Amazon gift cards, which we can ALWAY use, and the filters for the air purifiers, which are doing double-duty right now with our record-high pollen levels this spring); 
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

After such a grim year last year, and this one beginning at least as badly, we urgently need to move 2025 onto a better footing because taxes to this Nazi administration have already tapped us out and we still owe more anyway, 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.