Sometimes, you gotta listen to your friends.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Sometimes, you gotta listen to your friends. And sometimes, if you don't? They make you listen.

That up there is the CARE package one of my friends brought me today. It's amazing:  Gatorade for electrolytes, three kinds of soup, saltine crackers, two different kinds of herbal tea, chocolates, a new blanket, a scented candle, and the sweetest card [that made me cry, which is not supposed to happen, LOL]. So I. am. set. Doesn't matter how cold the rest of the week is; I'll be wrapped up in my blanket, with the candle lit, and with soup if I'm hungry or tea if I'm not, and chocolate treats, and what else could I ask for? [And thank you, P. You made my whole week. I mean month. Okay, year.]

Anyway. My spirit feels better as a result, which means my brain feels better, in spite of dealing with the meds and everything else. And maybe, just maybe, I'l even get that new pair of earrings posted tonight. Or not.

But sales [and thus income] are the one seemingly intractable problem I have not been able to solve, going about as well as everything else, which is to say, not at all. We won't even be able to afford the bloodwork we're slated to get this week if I don't manage to bring in some sales, plural, tonight and tomorrow. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still more than a week in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. Flare, progression, whatever, it doesn't matter. I've got to do something, but damned if I know what at this point. It's grim. [Even if I'm not feeling quite so grim now.] 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.

 

An Icy Evergreen Shadow and Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a pair of the newest works from one of Wings's signature series, The Beaded Hoop Collection, a coordinating pair of necklaces that honor forest shadows, forest moonlight, and all their wintry beauty. These are designed to manifest two co-occurring facets off the same winter phenomena here, an icy evergreen shadow and light that animates, illuminates, and embraces our world now.

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still two weeks behind.

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 current big-thing-in-progress.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

ISTG, I have gotten nothing done today the way I should have.  I'll be up half the night at this rate, just trying to catch up today's work.

That up there is the current big-thing-in-progress. It's a cuff, and it'll have freehand scorework, stampwork, linework, overlay, and stonework. It's also going to be priced accordingly, which is to say way out of my league, but that's true of pretty much all of it, so . . . ::shrugs::. It's going to be phenomenal, though, when he's done with it.

In the meantime, I've got to sell his current inventory, and that's going about as well as everything else, which is to say, not at all. I won't even be able to afford the bloodwork we're slated to get this week if I don't manage to bring in some sales, plural, tonight and tomorrow. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still more than a week in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. Flare, progression, whatever, it doesn't matter. I've got to do something, but damned if I know what at this point. 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.

 

Red Willow Spirit: Peace and Power In the Medicine of the Snow

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for conditions recent and current alike, for the breathtaking beauty of winter weather and for the wooded peaks that attract it. It's two matching images, shot on film some twenty years ago, linked by one of. Wings's newer works of wearable art, all of them reminders to us to seek, and to help create, peace and power in the medicine of the snow.

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still two weeks behind.

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 latest.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Those are the latest. With luck, I might yet get them posted tonight, but Honestly? I doubt seriously that I'll be that lucky. I'm already too far behind just on today's regular work.

Spent the afternoon at the doctor's office [for both of us]. Lots of crap in the works. Labs for us both soon; regular annual ones for him, a somewhat deeper dive for me. For the moment, we're going to try to address this flare/progression/whatever by titrating up my chemo and my steroids, immunosuppressants both; the latter will be steroid bursts, just a few days of steady dosing at a time, trying to kick this back down into a lower gear. But in the meantime, I've got to get bloodwork done. Depending on what that shows, this might be enough, or it might means scans again, which . . . ugh. So complicated, and so costly, and I hate it. But we already know I have at least three tumors [which they finally just had to assume were benign because literally nobody could read the results], and it's seven years since those scans/biopsies. I also have this complication where they thought  had inflammatory breast cancer, then decided I didn't, but nothing's changed, and that's been four or five years since that imaging and the biopsies, too, so I'm way overdue. But that's for later in the year; there's no way I can afford any of that now.

I won't even be able to afford the bloodwork this week if I don't manage to bring in some sales, plural, tonight and tomorrow. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still more than a week in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. Flare, progression, whatever, it doesn't matter. I've got to do something, but damned if I know what at this point. 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.

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: A Craggy Cold Sentry Still Standing Watch

Photo copyright Wings, 2026;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for one some of the deepest cold of the season, for what holds and sustains us through winter and beyond. It's an image from a winter's twilight some two decades ago, shot by Wings on film, capturing the profile of a craggy cold sentry still standing watch, in the company of the rising full moon.

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, and we're still nearing two weeks behind on that score.

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.        

At least today was beautiful.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Bitter cold and beautiful light. It's been that way all day today.

I love the snow [and I'm glad for the cold, even if my joints aren't so much], but the snow shoveling is another thing entirely. I have to do it in pieces, because I can't do much of anything physical for very long at all. I do have most of the deck upstairs done, but I doubt it'll get finished tomorrow, because I've got other stuff already taking up the afternoon, which means the morning will be spent trying to get everything else done as fast as possible.

I'm tired, I'm sore, I've had no real sleep two nights in a row, and I'm beat. But at least today was beautiful.

Now, if I could just bring in some sales tonight . . . . Yes, sales, plural, because we're already behind, but more than that, the nightmare that the last two years have been have left us in a bind, and we've both got medical expenses coming up this week on top of everything else. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still more than a week in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. Flare, progression, whatever, it doesn't matter. I've got to do something, but damned if I know what at this point. 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.

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.              

From the Peak of Winter

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for this alpine desert earth and sky, one to honor, in any season, the view from the mountaintop. It's a vintage-style cuff bracelet cut slender, set with seven stones and accented with freehand stampwork, perfect for our current view from the peak of winter.

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still more than a week behind.

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.   

White-out conditions.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Real snow this morning — white-out conditions, in fact. It was done before the end of the afternoon, although in theory there could be more tonight; the radar. map shows another system on its way yet tonight.

We'll see. What we are going to get, unquestionably, is the deep cold.

Once again, I'm stuck doing all of my work at night because I had to spend the day doing things that have set me back substantially in terms of pain. I'm operating on no more than two hours' sleep — not even two consecutive hours, you understand, but just bits and pieces that, added together, might total two hours if I'm lucky. And it's been physical labor all damn day long, including shoveling snow, which I'm not supposed to be doing, but he can't do all of it, and there isn't anyone else, so here we are. Tomorrow's going to be a mess, because I will be barely ever to move, but the work will still be waiting.

And so will all the other stressors in my life right now, from my health issues to the abysmal lack of sales. Everything is predictably grim. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still more than a week in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. Flare, progression, whatever, it doesn't matter. I've got to do something. 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.

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 Spiritual Gifts of Winter

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an incredible vintage-style work wrought in traditional Indigenous Art Deco style, a tribute to the love and wisdom that we are obligated to practice and that the spirits bestow. It's a cuff wrought entirely freehand, from chasing and scorework to repoussé and repeating stampwork and elaborate freehand texturization, all in honor of the spiritual gifts of winter.

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still more than a week behind.

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'd say we're ready.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Yup, we are getting snow. Right now it's very light, tiny flakes; that's supposed to change overnight. Tomorrow night is when the dangerous cold is supposed to begin to settle in, and stick around for the next four nights or so.

But there are fires in the woodstoves, hoops on the box, and blue-corn posole in the crock pot, so I'd say we're ready.

But as I said yesterday, in the meantime, I'm still dealing with this stupid flare, progression, whateverthehellitis. I haven't felt as bad as I have these last two months in a long, long while. It would be nice to think I could feel human again sometime soon, but I have to face the very real possibility that that may not be in the cards.

Maybe not ever again.

And I'm having a hard time getting my head around it yet again.

In the meantime, everything else is predictably grim. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still a week in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. Flare, progression, whatever, it doesn't matter. I've got to do something. 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.

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: The Gently Flowering Arc of a Winter's Night

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of works created with warmer winds in mind, but beautifully apt for the snowy dark outside. It's two slender classic cuffs, beautifully stackable, wrought in similar but distinctive styles, both manifest in the gently flowering arc of a winter's 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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still a week behind.

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.   

Storm gathering.

Photo copyright Aji, 2025; all rights reserved.

Storm gathering. We'll get socked in, at least briefly, probably Saturday. The snow won't be the problem; it'll be the cold that comes after. That will dangerous for anyone out in it, and for anyone without heat.

In the meantime, I'm still dealing with this stupid flare, progression, whateverthehellitis. I haven't felt as bad as I have these last two months in a long, long while. It would be nice to think I could feel human again sometime soon, but I have to face the very real possibility that that may not be in the cards.

Maybe not ever again.

And I'm having a hard time getting my head around it yet again.

In the meantime, everything else is predictably grim. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're still a week in the hole now. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. Flare, progression, whatever, it doesn't matter. I've got to do something. 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.

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.              

#ThrowbackThursday: On an Icy Wind, Answered Prayers

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #TBT at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #ThrowbackThursday work that dates back fifteen years, to the spring of 2011, an entry in one of Wings's longstanding signature series of eagle-feather works. it's a cuff wrought as two feathers conjoined, a symbol that reminds us, as we await the gathering storm, that on an icy wind, answered prayers are coming.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. This work will never be duplicated exactly, but if the general style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own. It's a new calendar year, and we very much need to make this a better than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still a week behind on the 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.         

Weather's changing.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Weather's changing; you can tell from the sky. It looks like we are gong to get a winter storm at the end of this week after all.

If we do, it'll be a gift. The land needs it badly, despite still absorbing the melt from the last one. You don't end a 1,200-year drought with one snowstorm, or even 100 of them.

Slowly chipping away at our sales drought; we've made two now, which means we're only one week's worth in the hole for the new year now. But we need to keep up that pace now, because things are about to get very expensive, what with taxes and everything else. I can't do anything more than I'm already doing.

Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're over two weeks in the hole already. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. I cannot get free of this flare, and it's starting to look like that's because it's not actually a flare but disease progression. But I've got to do something. 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.

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 Medicine of Winter Light Music

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an old-style masterwork that has turned out to be more apt for this day than I could ever have predicted. It's a big, bold, traditional cuff, heavy, spare, and elegant, manifest in all the power and the medicine of winter light music.

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still a week behind.

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.   

Much more concerned with making it rain.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this evening, not long before sunset. Snow basically all gone; mostly gone even on the peaks. It's getting up into the fifties, and with this kind of sun, it's not going to last.

In theory, we have more coming Friday and Saturday, but I'll believe it when it happens. Also, right now, I'm much more concerned with making it rain, at least in the metaphorical sense. Because we've made exactly one sale so far, and we are not going to make it through the month if that doesn't change, and fast. And I can't do anything more than I'm already doing.

Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're over two weeks in the hole already. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more. I cannot ge free of this flare, and it's starting to look like that's because it's not actually a flare but disease progression. But I've got to do something. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster; and the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again];
• 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.

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: That Snowy Sacred Space That Links Summit to Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for the deep snows of midwinter that we are no longer granted, and for the timeless perspective we need to adapt and rebuild. It's three images shot on film two decades ago, linked by two views of a single work of wearable art, all of them calling our attention to that snowy sacred space that links summit to sky, and the power and medicine it holds.

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're still two weeks behind.

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.              

And . . . nothing.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

After an absurdly warm morning, snowclouds to the northwest this afternoon, accompanied by high winds from that direction, and . . . nothing.

Which is the way things have gone so far this year.

We have not made a sale since late last year. We are not going to make it through the month if that doesn't change, and fast. And I can't do anything more than I'm already doing.

Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're almost three weeks in the hole already. I don't have enough hours in the day as it is, and heaven knows I don't have the bandwidth for anything more .But I've got to do something. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster; and the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again];
• 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.

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: In the Snow, Signs of Growth

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for what the heart of winter should be here, and for what we have lost now. It's an image that dates back some twenty years to early 2006 or so, to the sentinels no longer with us and to a spirit that reminds us that in the snow, signs of growth appear, and of hope as well.

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, and we're already nearing three weeks without one.

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.        

Still too much to get done.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Snow is mostly gone; only traces left now. There's more in permanently-shadowed spots, of course, but even that won't last long now, given the warm-up that's coming. We're already at 60 here, no matter what the official reports say or what the wind chill makes it feel like.

I was feeling infinitesimally better this morning, but not now. Of course, I've also been overdoing it, but 1) shit has to get done, and 2) when a flare is this bad, doing literally anything at all is "overdoing it." I don't have a choice. And now I have a dilemma, because tomorrow is chemo day, and I'm not sure whether I should take it or skip it. Either could prove horribly problematic, and there's no way to tell in advance which is the worst option now.

I'll probably decide at the last possible moment tomorrow.

For what's left of today, there's still too much to get done, and not enough hours, never mind enough energy on my part. I've got to bring in a bunch of sales, and I've got to do it now. Have to shell out $650 cash last week to replace Miika's hay was not in the budget. Our floor for sales and breaking even is making a minimum of one sale per week for the year, and we're almost three weeks in the hole already. I may have those three new bead necklaces fully up tonight; I'll post them on social media, whether the descriptions are done yet or not. But I've got to do something. Links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster; and the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again];
• 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.

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 Silver-Spangled World In Full Winter Flower

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's one of Wings's newer works, wrought in vintage style to honor the crystalline bloom of frost on the wintergreen and on the cold season's other medicines. It's a wearable reminder that for some time yet, ours will still be a silver-spangled world in full winter flower, in defiance of all that contributes to climate collapse, and that is cause for gratitude. 

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're already nearing three weeks without one.

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.   

Substance.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Here are the three: the two greens, light and shadow; and the purple/pearls, which does not perfectly match but is meant to coordinate with his newest coil and loop earrings. These are weighty; it always amazes me, when he's done, how much substance there is to the beads he uses.

I'll try to have them up by tomorrow, but no promises. I'm absolutely wrecked. I still felt like hell yesterday, but there was just too much that had to get done, so I did it, and then I had to get up this morning, and wow, was everything ever a mistake. Today's high winds made it all so much worse; I've spent the day hobbling, not even able to stand up completely straight, because it wasn't enough to have my left knee dislocate yesterday; my right hip had to do it overnight, too. And I'm still plagued by that feeling of my body literally dying around me, and good god, I really hope I'm over that nonsense by Monday.

Because I don't have time for any of it. I've got to bring in a bunch of sales, not least because of that HUGE chunk of cash that we were not anticipating having to lay out this week. And aside from that, we just simply need to have a much better sales year overall, with fewer catastrophes outside our control, than the last two have presented us. And that means, just to break even, at least one sale per week [and we haven't made one yet in 2026, so we're already two full weeks behind, and we need to rectify that and then some, preferably tonight]. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster; and the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly [daily now, really] sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to begin this year on a better footing than the last two.

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 Cloudswept Blue of a Cold Cobblestone Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork for the powerful skies of midwinter, wrought in uniquely beautiful fashion. It's a big, bold cuff with an unusual "overlay," formed of old, old turquoise nuggets from Wings's private collection, manifest here in the starkly textured beauty of the cloudswept blue of a cold cobblestone sky.

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 than the last two have been. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail, and we're already more than two weeks without one.

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, and it has been *a day*.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Friday, and it has been a day. At least my honey brought me those. They're beautiful, and they smell lovely, too.

I had so much to do today that couldn't be avoided, and a lot of it was physical labor: laundry, linens, outdoor stuff, indoor stuff, even made homemade adobo potato soup with bacon, garlic, and chives, which will be great tonight because it's freaking cold out there again. And there's all the mutual-aid stuff, and I've got a few that have to get resolved; I've also got about four people who have not gotten back to me, and if you don't get back to me, I'm not sure what you expect me to do, because I can't just snap my fingers and make it all happen by magic. If folks won't respond with the info required, there's nothing I can do about it, but my time and bandwidth are both limited, and I'm done chasing people around. I get up every morning to new requests in my inbox.  There's a long line behind them.

And then there's the date: This would've been my dad's birthday, and if you know me well at all, you know those kinds of reminders are for me. If he were still alive? He'd be 102 today. But these kinds of markers are hard, and not for the reasons most people think.

But I'm still dealing with all the crap regarding my health, or, more accurately, lack thereof. As I said yesterday, I'm so tired. Just . . . the fatigue is killing me. And yes, that's part and parcel of chemo, even the low-dose chemo they use in people like me for autoimmune disease, because it does cause cell death [which is why I take methylated folate on my non-chemo days]. But I have felt for weeks as though my body is literally dying around me, breaking down at the most basic level and dying, and I'm so over this already. And since my right knee finally decided to go back into place the other day, today, my left one decided it was time to pull the same nonsense. It's partially dislocated, the swelling and pain are immense, and no, there's nothing I can do except ride out it out, which is all I can do with any of this shit.

And on top of it all, my own regular work is endless, which is why I'm still doing it this late in the evening. I've got to bring in a bunch of sales, not least because of that HUGE chunk of cash that we were not anticipating having to lay out this week. And aside from that, we just simply need to have a much better sales year overall, with fewer catastrophes outside our control, than the last two have presented us. And that means, just to break even, at least one sale per week [and we haven't made one yet in 2026, so we're already two full weeks behind, and we need to rectify that tonight, and then some]. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [priorities are the rugs, to replace those destroyed 2 years ago by the leachfield collapse and ensuing septic disaster; and the LaminaSaver, because apparently Miika's out of it again];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly [daily now, really] sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to begin this year on a better footing than the last two.

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.