What we really need.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was late this afternoon. It's what a change in the weather looks like . . . or at least it should be. Despite the gathering of a storm that was not on any weather service's radar, literal or metaphorical, until after it began to form, I think it's unlikely that it will make it to us, despite the cloud cover outside even now.

At least it's cold. But what we really need is snow. 

What I really need is about ten more hours in each day, feet and hands that function, and a little freaking respite from this pain. I ain't gettin' any of it.

And it all just makes me slower, and keeps putting me further and further behind every day. Clearly the rest of the year is going to be very hard. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. It's been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• 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, a year that, so far, has been very 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: Moonlight Escaping Storm and Night

Photo copyright Aji, 2026 all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of matching works that capture the starkly contrasting beauty of fall's elemental spirits. It's a necklace and pair of earrings from. Wings's signature gemstone-bead series, these manifest in the power and medicine of moonlight escaping storm and night.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and 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.

We need a hell of a lot of things to change.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

 

Bright blue skies today, and not nearly enough cold. Oh, it's cold now, at night, but it should not be hitting seventy in the daytime.

We need cold. We need snow. We need a hell of a lot of things to change. And I need this bureaucratic bullshit off us. I also this pain to loosen its death grip.

 I don't think any of that's happening. 

Today was rough, not least because I had to go out to accompany him to an appointment. Being on my feet for any length of time is murderous. Of course, so is all the typing now.

And it all just makes me slower, and keeps putting me further and further behind every day. Clearly the rest of the year is going to be very hard. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. It's been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• 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, a year that, so far, has been very 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: An Evergreen World, Alive In Storm and Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #TBT featured work that dates back to the fall of 2010, and one of Wings's long-running signature series for the winter holidays. It's a perfect symbol for this place, one in Wings's series of seasonal tree pins, an evergreen world, alive in storm and light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. This work will never be duplicated, but if the style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own.  We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and 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.

Nothing about this year works out that way.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Two of the five pairs of earrings in the works. Four of them are Picasso jasper [including the one here on the right], which he had intended to have done a month ago, so folks could have them for Halloween, but nothing about this year works out that way. The pair on the left is Brazilian turquoise, with lots of webbed black matrix. They're just going to be simple drops on wires, but they're all going to be beautiful.

Today was a bit better than yesterday, insofar as that for most of it, I didn't feel like a had a fever all day. It's one of the hallmarks of autoimmune disease: the kind of all-over body aches that come with a high fever when you have a really bad case of the flu or worse [much worse], except that you don't actually have a fever, just the pain. It's still horrible, though, and my hands and feet are still a complete mess. It's bad enough that we sat down today and talked about power wheelchairs, and I'm also probably going to have to look into talk-to-text software, much as I hate it. And the next two or three days are going to very fraught, I'm going to have to be out, and on my feet, and by the weekend, the pain will be overwhelming, but there's not a damn thing I can do about it.

And it all just makes me slower, and keeps putting me further and further behind every day. Clearly the rest of the year is going to be very hard. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. It's been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• 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, a year that, so far, has been very 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 Powerful Spirits of Dark Skies and an Earth Alight

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork by any measure, an old-style collar necklace wrought in forms and shapes of a Buffalo sky, animated by the spirit of our Elder Brother. it's an old-style collar necklace with no fewer than five separate pendants, all hanging from a hand-selected strand of high-grade beads, capturing all the beauty and medicine of the powerful spirits of dark skies and an earth alight.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and 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.

Red Willow Spirit: A Darkening World, and a Precious Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for the weeks that lead us into winter. It's four images, the same subject shot from very slightly differing perspectives, linked by two works of wearable art, one shown in two forms — all of them capturing the balance and beauty and medicine of a darkening world, and a precious light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and 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.