Long shadows.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It has been a day. Huge autoimmune flare, sicker than a dog, and four long errands to run, which is why everything's so late now.

At least I've got the new meds, so hopefully that will do something useful. Won't know until tomorrow, since I'm supposed to take it at bedtime.

The weather hasn't been helping, either: only a few scattered drops, but lots of trickster wind, and plenty of pollen and dirt and dust and smoke and cold. Sun came out again at the end of the day, giving us long shadows, and snippets of a rainbow.

Otherwise, no rain, no rainbow, just the shadows, and all the problems.

All the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork [including some bureaucratic bullshit that we shouldn't be having to deal with, but the state is nothing if not venal], the sales work, everything. And everything still has to get paid, and after paying out taxes in cash, in full, and now this? We've got recover a lot of that if we're going to make it through the year. And we've got to maintain it, because we've also got big costs [the side exterior door, for one; the flue cleanings for another; and a set of tires for the truck for a third] immediately ahead. But I have got to get us caught up on this awful year in terms of sales. Two new pairs of earrings going up hopefully later tonight, and ther'es a ton of newish work on the site. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.     

#ThrowbackThursday: An Elemental Gift to the Earth

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #TBT at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #ThrowbackThursday featured work that dates back just shy of fifteen years ago, a beautifully seasonal design manifest in the power of the storm. It's a vintage-style design, a hook bracelet set with an extraordinary, slightly freeform specimen of White Buffalo magnesite, the whole embodying an elemental gift to the earth.

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. April is done; having sent payment in cash, in full, to the IRS, we are virtually tapped out, and now we badly need to get caught up and recover some of that ground. 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.   

Less than slim and closer to none.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Beautiful skies this evening. We're supposed to get rain and snow over the next week, so this might be the last of it for a while.

Probably not, though. The likelihood the whole forecast actually coming to pass is probably less than slim and closer to none.

Which is about here things stand across the board right now. We have had to shell out almost $1K in cash this week, one portion of it for a long overdue issue that we were finally able to get handled this morning, the rest for medical and scrip costs, which are off the charts these days. So I've got to make some sales. 

All the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork [including some bureaucratic bullshit that we shouldn't be having to deal with, but the state is nothing if not venal], the sales work, everything. And everything still has to get paid, and after paying out taxes in cash, in full, and now this? We've got recover a lot of that if we're going to make it through the year. And we've got to maintain it, because we've also got big costs [the side exterior door, for one; the flue cleanings for another; and a set of tires for the truck for a third] immediately ahead. But I have got to get us caught up on this awful year in terms of sales. Two new pairs of earrings going up hopefully later tonight, and ther'es a ton of newish work on the site. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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 Winds Raise the Wisdom of an Ancient Earth

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for a world in peril, embodying an ancient wisdom for us now. It's a cuff set with a timeless focal, fossilized dinosaur bone in a powerfully apt setting, perfect for this season when spring winds raise the wisdom of an ancient earth.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. April is nearly done; having sent payment in cash, in full, to the IRS, we are virtually tapped out, and now we badly need to get caught up and recover some of that ground. 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 lot of new work to come.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

The new bolo. Turns out he's out of the size cord he needs for it, so it'll be a few days before it's complete. But it's amazing: two layers of all-freehand saw-work, scallop-work, scorework, stampwork, overlay, bezel-work . . . and incredible red-web Kingman turquoise. 

He's also got two pairs of earrings in the works that should be done tomorrow, incredible top cabs with long, dangling sterling silver pendants. The next thing in the works is a big cuff, but that's a few days off yet. But there'll be a lot of new work to come.

We went absolutely nowhere today, which was a relief. I'm so tired. I still have to get my scrips, which will probably be ready tomorrow afternoon, and see how this new medication works, because my pain levels are completely unmanageable now.

And none of that matters. All the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork [including some bureaucratic bullshit that we shouldn't be having to deal with, but the state is nothing if not venal], the sales work, everything. And the one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. The problem is that everything still has to get paid, and we paid in cash, in full, and now we've got recover a lot of that if we're going to make it through the year. And we've got to maintain it, because we've also got big costs [the side exterior door, for one; the flue cleanings for another; and a set of tires for the truck for a third] immediately ahead. But I have got to get us caught up on this awful year in terms of sales. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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: An Earth Held Softly, Breathing Gently

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for what should be the time the thaw, for melt and runoff and a world conducive to life. It's three images from an informal series, all dating back some 19 years, linked by a single newer masterwork of wearable art shown form two perspectives, manifestations of an earth held softly, breathing gently once more.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's the latter half of April, taxes paid in cash and in full last week, and now we need to get caught up, in part by making up some of that huge expense. 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 month that seems like a year.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Beautiful otherworldly clouds this morning. Of course, the trickster winds returned later in the day.

And it has been a day. Last marker for the month: She-Wolf, who we had to help begin her journey to another plane on this morning eight years ago, after developing interstitial cancer of the bladder, an aggressive, fast-moving form. She got four more months than they told us she would, and when the inevitable happened on the night of the 26th, we had Ted out the following morning to help her. And we still miss her every day; of all our dogs, she was probably the one that was love in its purest form.

And one more reason why I hate April; it's four of these markers in one month. 

A month that seems like a year.

Also today, doctor's appointments for both of us, and new meds: one for him, to see if it helps with pain management for his knees; a new med for me plus an increase in my regular pain med to see if it helps me with pain management for everything.

Because everything hurts like hell, all the time. Lots of cash out as a result, and there will be more when we pick up the scrips. And no sales.

Meanwhile, all the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork, the sales work, everything. And the one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. The problem is that everything still has to get paid, and we paid in cash, in full, and now we've got recover a lot of that if we're going to make it through the year. And we've got to maintain it, because we've also got big costs [the side exterior door, for one; the flue cleanings for another; and a set of tires for the truck for a third] immediately ahead. But I have got to get us caught up on this awful year in terms of sales. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.