Bare tundra.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Look at all that bare tundra.  In early February. Meanwhile, our esteemed governor has courted a DARPA-contracted corporation to build a fucking quantum computing center in ABQ [and they're doing it] in a state without enough water for the most minimal basics. The pols are going to be the death of us all.

God, I'm tired. I have felt so unremittingly awful for so long [months, now] that as soon as I have a couple of days where I feel slightly more human, I have no choice but to overdo it, and now I'm completely wiped out again. I'm so sick of this. Of everything, including this stupid genocidal society that wants us all dead.

And there's not going to be any break in the workload for me. We are nowhere near where we thought we would be now, or where we need to be, and I have to change that, because we have huge expenses coming up over the next two months, and right now? Absolutely no way to cover any of it. So I'll be over here killing myself with the workload, with everyone else piling on, and I'm getting to the point where some people are very soon going to be dealing wth another side of me. I don't work for you, I don't answer to you, and if you want anything from me at all, you best learn very fast not to jerk me around, because it won't end well for one of us, and that one will be you, guaranteed. I am kind, I am actually quite nice most of the time, but don't ever mistake that for me being your fucking doormat.

I'm already under unspeakable pressure this year, never mind the need to make up for the last two terrible ones. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still two weeks in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and I can't afford what's been happening to me. Regardless of side effects or disease progression, I've got to do something to bring in sales. We need to bring in a lot more, because it's grim. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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 begin this year on a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been impossibly 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.

For Love of the Winter Night

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, with a masterwork wrought in old-school Indigenous Art Deco style with a fabulous old stone, like our twilight world now sitting at angles to the night. It's a focal in shades of rose and crimson and mulberry and black plum, framed by handmade ingot work above some of the finest freehand scorework you've ever seen, the whole an inspiration for the work needed for love of the winter night.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's a new calendar year, and we very much need to make this a better year than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail. It's February already and we're still two weeks behind on what, it's become clear, is going to be a hard and costly year.

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 famous cuff.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

The famous cuff that last week was going to be finished by Saturday. Trouble is, as with so very many pieces, it keeps undergoing design shifts as he works on it, and so it might be done this weekend, if we're lucky. To be clear, that's a good thing: He has always said that his work is best when he lets Spirit guide his hands, rather than trying to force an initial idea one something that clearly wants to go somewhere else.

Also, he didn't get as much studio time today as needed. We did finally get labs done. His were just the standard annual stuff that he always has done as a baseline; mine were . . . something a little more, shall we say. And I now have a very sore bruise in the crook of my left elbow, which is absolutely absurd, because my veins will pop out perfectly beneath a harsh glare, never mind a tourniquet. But this one hurt, and it took longer than it should have, and here we are.

Anyway. I don't have any strong feelings about the results, other than that if there's a way for them to explain these months of abject misery in a way that can be fixed, I want them to do that. I mean, it's not like we can afford for me to have enforced downtime. I've got to get this fixed, because this year has already gone drastically sideways and I have GOT to bring in a lot more than what we've been doing, and I can't do that if I can't even function enough to get things uploaded and live in a timely manner.

Because we don't have anything like the sales we need this year, never mind to make up for the last two terrible ones. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still two weeks in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and I can't afford what's been happening to me. Regardless of side effects or disease progression, I've got to do something to bring in sales. We've made two this weekend, which at this point are an indescribably blessing, but we're so far in the hole from this ear so far plus the last two years of utter crap that it's only the barest floor. We need to bring in a lot more, because it's grim. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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 begin this year on a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been impossibly 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: Moments of Magic as Expressions of Love

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for this week in midwinter devoted to love, and for the love between earth and sky that sustains us, as well. It's two images of twilight from this very week thirteen years ago, linked by a mystical work of wearable art, all of them illustrating moments of magic as expressions of love.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's a new calendar year, and we very much need to make this a better year than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail. It's February already and we're still two weeks behind on what, it's become clear, is going to be a hard and costly year.

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.        

Fitting, I suppose.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That's Jade, boss bitch of the Australorps [and of the two Americaunas, too], apparently looking for something else to boss around. In the absence of anything more obvious, I suppose the hose will do. Or the water. Or whatever.

Fitting, I suppose, because I did say yesterday that today was guaranteed to be a bitch and a half, and wow, was I ever right, on multiple counts [including the human kind]. The one of them all that actually bothers me is the chemo effects, because I feel like death again, not even warmed over. Just death.

I scaled it back today, too, but no change for the better. Maybe I just need to stop it entirely. Couldn't even get my labs done today, and I'm fast running out of time to get that done, so I've got to do it at some point.

Whatever, I've got to get this fixed, because this year has already gone drastically sideways and I have GOT to bring in a lot more than what we've been doing, and I can't do that if I can't even function enough to get things uploaded and live in a timely manner. I was up until 2 AM this morning doing exactly that.

Because we don't have anything like the sales needed to do that. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still two weeks in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and I can't afford what's been happening to me. Regardless of side effects or disease progression, I've got to do something to bring in sales. We've made two this weekend, which at this point are an indescribably blessing, but we're so far in the hole from this ear so far plus the last two years of utter crap that it's only the barest floor. We need to bring in a lot more, because it's grim. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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 begin this year on a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been impossibly 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: As the Sun Kisses the Earth

Photo copyrightWings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for what should still be the very heart of winter. It's an image that Wings shot on film some twenty years ago, capturing the magic of twilight, either dawn or dusk, as the sun kisses the earth with its light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's a new calendar year, and we very much need to make this a better year than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail. It's February already and we're still two weeks behind on what, it's become clear, is going to be a hard and costly year.

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.        

No snow.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Look at that. February 8th, and there's no snow. That's what the mountains should look like in early June.

It's terrifying.

It's been a frustrating day. First day I've felt even marginally functional in weeks, months, even, and I've had to overdo it on so many fronts that tomorrow's going to be a bitch and a half. It didn't help that the smoke detector assembly started beeping at top volume at 5 AM, and it took me at least a half-dozen trips up the ladder to figure out that it was not in fact the detector itself, nor was it the connected night light in our bedroom, but rather, the light assembly itself, which is apparently now toast. And they don't make it anymore, natch, so there are now wires poking out of the ceiling while I figure out whether we can do the necessary work ourselves for the way they've changed these suckers, or we have to pay an electrician to do it. If it's the latter, it ain't getting done for a good long while.

Because we don't have anything like the sales needed to do that. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still two weeks in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and I can't afford what's been happening to me. Because regardless of side effects, I've got to do something to bring in sales. We've made two this weekend, which at this point are an indescribably blessing, but we're so far in the hole from this ear so far plus the last two years of utter crap that it's only the barest floor. We need to bring in a lot more, because it's grim. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again; and the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster];
• 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 begin this year on a better footing than the last two, and so far, it's been impossibly 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.