Some fresh new hell.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Not a good shot compositionally, but scroll down; look at yesterday's. Today, you can actually see: mountains, sky, light. No more of that dirt-pall nonsense.

Not as windy today, for one; also substantially warmer by day's end. Not a huge differential in terms of degrees, but the milder winds made all the difference. Still congested and asthmatic from yesterday, though, even though I wore a mask when I went outside. But that's lupus airway/lung damage for you.

Of course, every day brings some fresh new hell, health-related or otherwise. Today, it was waking up with an allergic reaction: hives, when I haven't ingested anything that usually causes them [fresh tomatoes or one of three different medications], so now I need to figure out what the new allergy is, and I have no idea. It was also waking up to find that the lock had broken off in the side door, and the fridge was not cooling. The first is in process; the second I'm troubleshooting now.

And I don't have time for any of it, for the love of all that's holy. This week has me slammed on so many fronts I can't even think straight. And still, I have to find time to chase sales, because if I don't bring those in, nothing else gets done, either.

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything.I have another cuff to post, hopefully tonight, and the new heart necklace, as well. Both are set with turquoise, both fabulous.  And I've begun reorganizing the site galleries so that the newer work appears first, but it's slow going, mostly because I can't get any uninterrupted time to concentrate on it The last five 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 [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because 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 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: Gilded By the Dawn of Winter's End

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for this last week of official winter in a year when it hasn't felt like that season at all. It's a photo shot by Wings on film somewhere in the vicinity of twenty years ago, illustrating what was then one of the small but significant gifts of this season, of forested slopes and snow-edged parapets and clay walls gilded by the dawn of winter's end.

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.         

Wind and wildfire season, here early.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Look at that nonsense. It looks like cloud cover, right? Like snow, moving our way. Maybe mist? fog? maybe even smoke?

Nope. It's dust. Dirt. Driven in on gale-force winds, left to hang in the air as though it were an actual a pall of smoke. No wonder we can't breathe. I wore a mask when I went outside today, because who needs this crap in their sinuses and lungs, especially when I have enough trouble with both already thanks to the lupus. I also went outside as seldom as possible, because see above.

The cloud cover is clearing now, near the end of the day, which is incredibly irritating because the dust is not. I love the clouds; they can hang around all they like. Maybe even drop some snow. But this? This is some bullshit. It also means that it's wind and wildfire season, here early.

We're supposed to have very cold temps tonight, the be back up around 80 by mid-week. I don't imagine the wind is going anywhere; we're likely stuck with that until summer now. And this week has me slammed on so many fronts I can't even think straight. And still, I have to find time to chase sales, because if I don't bring those in, nothing else gets done, either.

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything.I have another cuff to post, hopefully tonight, and the new heart necklace, as well. Both are set with turquoise, both fabulous.  And I've begun reorganizing the site galleries so that the newer work appears first, but it's slow going, mostly because I can't get any uninterrupted time to concentrate on it The last five 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 [priorities are the LaminaSaver, because 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 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. 

The Cold Gentle Glow of a New Day

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's one of Wings's all-new pairs of earrings, completed only days ago, this one a tribute to the pale pink shimmer of frost at first light. It's a pair wrought in spare and classic style, a pair of old matched cabochons of icy-pale rose quartz. framed in sterling silver, embodying the cold gentle glow of a new day. 

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.         

Not today.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

The three amigos, in a rare moment of [relative] quiet. They've got it made, and they know it. That's Sunny on the left, Stormy in the middle, and Cricket, the [in]famous feral, sprawled out on the right with such a lack of any dignity whatsoever.

They're all spoiled rotten.

Us, notsomuch. Neither of us expects the workload to diminish, but it would nice if we could get the occasional day where it's not actively piling on an endless new list of tasks. That day is not today, though. And for me, at least, I'm already so far behind on everything that I don't dare spend much time thinking about everything I have to get done, or I'd be paralyzed into doing nothing at all.

If I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything. There are five new pairs of earrings on the site, all in the appropriate gallery. There's an extraordinary new necklace up too, here. The newest work will be up soon, too [possibly tonight, and hopefully including the new heart necklace, if the beads are done by then]. And I've begun reorganizing the site galleries so that the newer work appears first, but it's slow going, mostly because I can't get any uninterrupted time to concentrate on it The last five 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 [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 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. 

The Blue of the Mid-Morning Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's one of Wings's all-new pairs of earrings, completed only days ago and manifest in the shades and spirits of this early spring. It's a pair wrought freehand in a classic design, spare and elegant, with matched turquoise cabochons in the blue of the mid-morning sky.

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.         

Not even up on the site yet.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Two new cuffs, just completed this afternoon and not even up on the site yet.  The heart pendant is also done, and that actually is indeed for sale; I misunderstood which piece was for what earlier. It still needs to have the beads strung, so it will probably be ready tomorrow sometime.

Friday the thirteenth, and this day has gone like the whole rest of this week. A little local excitement here yesterday, but the work never ends, and right now, it's piling up like all the rest, because I just can't get enough hours in the day to catch up.

Or enough sales, either.

If I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything. There are five new pairs of earrings on the site, all in the appropriate gallery. There's an extraordinary new necklace up too, here. Tonight or tomorrow, the newest work will be up, too [probably tomorrow, because it's already after 8 PM and I'm nowhere on my daily work]. and I've begun reorganizing the site galleries so that the newer work appears first, but it's slow going, mostly because I can't get any uninterrupted time to concentrate on it The last five 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 [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 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.