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.