If only.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

What a life. That's Cricket, our feral. After more than eight years, there's still no touching or petting him; he was apparently so badly abused that I don't think he'll ever get over his distrust of humans. But he's happy here.

I'd like to have the kind of life where I could just lie in the grass and not have to do anything, at all, ever, too.

If only.

I am so, so tired, and I so badly need to bring in some sales. We bit the bullet and wrote the check today for the full amount, purely so we don't have to deal with it again until next year [or penalties or interest]. And we are both so goddamn enraged that we have to pay our hard-earned money to these monsters for use in their genocides.

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]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. 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.   

It Is the Light That Mends the Broken Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's one of Wings's newer works, a simple but stunning necklace built around an old Skystone heart, one illustrating the truth that breaking one's heart creates space for letting the light in. It's an old Hubei cabochon finely webbed with gray and black matrix, set into a freehand flanged bezel framing it with light, a reminder that it is the light that mends the broken sky, just as it does our wounded hearts and spirits.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, we bit the bullet and mailed the check in full to the IRS today, 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.  

Give or take.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this morning, 8 AM, give or take. [We know a lot about that right now, because at the moment, the government's all take.] We had beautiful skies, but the rain was over. Still, that's two nights of rain in a row, and you would swear you can feel — and hear — the land breathing again.

it's also the fifteenth anniversary of the day we lost a little sweet spirit. Dom. April is the cruelest month, indeed: four of our dogs, across different years. Dom was the first domino to fall, literally ["Dom" was short Domina, because she had a a little black half-mask], late on this night in 2011. I sat on the floor of that toxic tin can and held her in my lap while she fought to survive; she wasn't ready to go, but her body, thanks to the cancer that riddled it, had other ideas.

Another hectic day for all kinds of reasons, not the least of which was the need to go in and sign our tax forms and have them submitted, pay the accountant, and get the receipts to send with the checks tomorrow.

And it's about $2K more than my estimate. Which actually is about right; I always try to overestimate in my own mind so I'm not disappointed, but I screwed it up this year. That's probably more a reflection of the bone-deep exhaustion that's dogging my every moment now than anything else. I am so, so tired, and I so badly need to bring in some sales to make up that difference.

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]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. I really, really could use a $2K sale tonight, which would allow us to pay the whole bill tomorrow instead of incurring penalties and interest. 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: The Last of a Snowflower Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for markers that have likely passed, and for an unsettled and unsettling season that seems unsure what it should be. It's three images, one new, two older, linked by a newish work of wearable art featured here for the first time, all of them a tribute to that moment in spring that presents us with the last of a snowflower sky.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's April, taxes due and the check going in the mail tomorrow, 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.          

Make it rain.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this morning. It's raining now.

Which is wonderful. At the moment, it's a soft, gentle, steady rain, which is what we most need.

It's been a freaking day. Errands, lots of time on my feet and walking, and I hurt everywhere now. But we're still waiting to hear the size of the check we need to write to Uncle Sam [it's going to be big, no matter what], and that means that we need to make it rain in the metaphorical sense, too.

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]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. 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.   

Monday Photo Meditation: The Vast Vault of the Spring Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for strange mid-April days and the absent markers of ordinary spring. It's an image from eleven short days ago, like this day before the clouds moved in, showing us clearly the vast vault of the spring sky overhead.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's April, taxes turned over but still waiting to hear the total 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.         

Just sun and cold and endless wind.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Clouds, no rain, just sun and cold and endless wind. 

And exhaustion.

I'm so tired. So much pain. And the depression that goes with all of it. I can't get anything done that I need to do. And still no access to FB entirely because of their bullshit, which means still no access to my own group. 

At least one sale, possibly a second to come, and that puts us still very, very far behind where we need to be, but not as far behind as we were yesterday, so I'm grateful for that. 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]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. 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.