It's rarely dull.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

A commission that's been in the works. There's one more hair cuff that's part of it [it and the hammered one on the right are not a part of the rhyolite set, but commissioned by the same friend]. And no, the lighting isn't good here, but under either natural or artificial direct light, the stones are all warm dusky red and rose. This was shot in shadow at the end of the day, hence the dullness of the photo.

Which is about the only thing that's been dull. Lots of stress here, but it's rarely dull, I'll give it that. Sunny puked up bone shards first thing this morning, before I'd even had my coffee. Since then, it's been one thing after another, because the just doesn't let up. Also chemo day, and I've had to raise my dosage level again slightly, because the last few days have made it clear that things cannot go on this way. We'll see whether it helps or hurts [or simply does nothing at all].

Meanwhile, all the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork, the sales work, everything. The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. The problem is that everything still has to get paid, and we paid in cash, in full, and now we've got recover a lot of that if we're going to make it through the year. And we've got to maintain it, because we've also got big costs [the side exterior door, for one; the flue cleanings for another; and a set of tires for the truck for a third] immediately ahead. Those three new cuffs are up; in the next couple of days, I'll have his new bolo posted, and possibly a couple of new pairs of earrings, too. But I have got to get us caught up on this awful year in terms of sales. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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: A Veiled Pearlescent Fire

Photo copyright Wings, 2026;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for one of the rare phenomena of spring here, for those moments when morning fog wraps a wind-battered world in a gentle but powerful light. It's an image that dates back three years almost to the very day, with the peaks enfolded in fog and a veiled pearlescent fire in the sky.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's the latter half of April, taxes paid in cash and in full last week, and now we need to get caught up, in part by making up some of that huge expense. 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.         

Wings's newest.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Wings's newest. It's a bolo; he still needs to add the cord and tips, but other than that, it's essentially done. That stone, believe it or not, is natural Kingman, pale sky blue with ultra-fine spiderwebbing in red and black and white.

He's finished up one commission, a belt buckle, and is nearly done with another, a multi-piece one. He's got a couple of pairs of earrings in the works, and a cuff, and I finally got those three new cuffs fully up today.

And today has been rough. I cannot get my pain levels or my fatigue under control. I didn't really sleep last night, but that's merely a aggravating factor; the fatigue was already there. And no, it doesn't matter that lack of sleep makes me exhausted; autoimmune disease disrupts the sleep part of your brain, and I may or may not sleep tonight.

If not, tomorrow will be a nightmare.

Meanwhile, all the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork, the sales work, everything. The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. The problem is that everything still has to get paid, and we paid in cash, in full, and now we've got recover a lot of that if we're going to make it through the year. And we've got to maintain it, because we've also got big costs [the side exterior door, for one] immediately ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.   

The Golden Glow of Smoky Suns

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a pair of earrings that captures the rising and setting of smoky suns, and the light that compensates for our extended wildfire season. It's a pair of classic concha-style earrings, wrought not to match each other but to live up to their name, manifest in the golden glow of smoky suns that will bookend the hours of this night.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already the second half of April, we bit the bullet and mailed the check in full to the IRS on Wednesday, and now we badly need to get caught up and recover some of that ground. 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.   

Greening up.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Clear blue skies; earth greening up. No snow, though, and it's far too early for all those bare peaks.

It also got down into the teens last night, courtesy of those god-awful gale-force winds blowing all the clouds apart. All the troughs and water bowls froze. I also don't think we're getting lilacs this year. The buds have been out for a month, two months too soon, and as of this morning, they're purply-black and withered, so I'll be very surprised if we get any petals out of it.

That's one of the hazards of this aspect of climate collapse.  We're extremely lucky that it didn't destroy the pear tree.

I'm so glad this week is almost done. It's been a nightmare, and I'm so far beyond exhaustion now that I can barely function. No amount of sleep is enough. It doesn't help that, despite FB locking me out of my 20-year account and my own damn group, people are still managing to get hold of me daily with new crises that need funding.

Meanwhile, all the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork, the sales work, everything. The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. The problem is that everything still has to get paid, and we paid in cash, in full, and now we need the metaphorical kind of greening up. And we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the side exterior door, for one] immediately ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.   

The Perfect Clarity 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 newest works, a pair of classic earrings built around perfectly matched Skystones. It's a pair that became an immediate personal favorite, both for the beauty of the silverwork and the intensity of the blues in the stones, together capturing the perfect clarity of the mid-morning sky at this season.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, we bit the bullet and mailed the check in full to the IRS on Wednesday, and now we badly need to get caught up and recover some of that ground. 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.  

Strange clouds, strange skies.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this morning: strange clouds, strange skies. The winds were already up, and tey battered everything all day long.

Including me. My joints are screaming at me.

I'm so glad this week is almost done. It's been a nightmare. Meanwhile, all the work still has to get done: the housework, the paperwork, the sales work, everything. The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] immediately ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.   

Friday Feature: The Greatest Gift of the Spring Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a single extraordinary masterwork shown from four perspectives, an old-style butterfly concha belt set with an astonishing 26 separate pieces of freehand silverwork. It's a traditional belt featuring 12 phenomenal classic conchas, 13 butterfly conchas, and a fabulous Art Deco buckle, all of them manifest as the greatest gift of the spring sky — light, and breath, and life.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, we bit the bullet and mailed the check in full to the IRS Wednesday, and now we badly need to get caught up and recover some of that ground. 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.  

The work still has to get done.

Photo coyright Aji, 2026; al rights reserved.

Almost eight o'clock in the evening, and I'm finally starting to feel marginally human. Today has been so incredibly difficult physically, and it doesn't matter, because the work still has to get done.

This has been a hard, hard year so far, and the tax crap has been the hardest of all. I'm so tired, and I've had to be doing all sorts of catch-up physical work today, and . . . I've just felt my body and brain shutting down around me.

It doesn't help that April is the worst month for markers. Four of our dogs, one on the 10th, one on the 14th, one on the 27th . . . and one today, the 16th. The hardest of them all, my heart and soul and spirit dog, Griffin, ten years ago this evening, at 5 PM.

And I woke up at 2:30 AM, Griffin having visited me in a dream, feeling the velvety softness of his fur under my left hand as I petted him. The dream itself was strange in multiple ways, but he showed up in it, and it was perfectly normal. He tagged along with me as I went back and forth in it, and I overheard some stranger asking another person why "that dog" was following me everywhere; she responded, "It's her dog, and he goes wherever she goes."

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that message.

But I miss him, so terribly. But I know it was him, and I know he's in the light in the western sky tonight.

Meanwhile, all the work still has to get done: the laundry, the linens, the dishes, the paperwork, the sales work, everything. The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] immediately ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.   

#ThrowbackThursday: The Spirit of the High-Desert Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #TBT at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #ThrowbackThursday featured work that turns out to date back exactly fifteen years ago to this very day,  April 16th, 2011. It's one of an informal signature series of pendants that Wings created intermittently between roughly 2008 and 2012 in the form and shape of Dragonfly, here manifest as the spirit of the high-desert sky in the warm season.

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 April already, taxes paid yesterday in cash, in full, and we need to get caught up and begin recovering some of that enormous expense. 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.   

If only.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

What a life. That's Cricket, our feral. After more than eight years, there's still no touching or petting him; he was apparently so badly abused that I don't think he'll ever get over his distrust of humans. But he's happy here.

I'd like to have the kind of life where I could just lie in the grass and not have to do anything, at all, ever, too.

If only.

I am so, so tired, and I so badly need to bring in some sales. We bit the bullet and wrote the check today for the full amount, purely so we don't have to deal with it again until next year [or penalties or interest]. And we are both so goddamn enraged that we have to pay our hard-earned money to these monsters for use in their genocides.

The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.   

It Is the Light That Mends the Broken Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's one of Wings's newer works, a simple but stunning necklace built around an old Skystone heart, one illustrating the truth that breaking one's heart creates space for letting the light in. It's an old Hubei cabochon finely webbed with gray and black matrix, set into a freehand flanged bezel framing it with light, a reminder that it is the light that mends the broken sky, just as it does our wounded hearts and spirits.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, we bit the bullet and mailed the check in full to the IRS today, and now we badly need to get caught up and recover some of that ground. 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.  

Give or take.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this morning, 8 AM, give or take. [We know a lot about that right now, because at the moment, the government's all take.] We had beautiful skies, but the rain was over. Still, that's two nights of rain in a row, and you would swear you can feel — and hear — the land breathing again.

it's also the fifteenth anniversary of the day we lost a little sweet spirit. Dom. April is the cruelest month, indeed: four of our dogs, across different years. Dom was the first domino to fall, literally ["Dom" was short Domina, because she had a a little black half-mask], late on this night in 2011. I sat on the floor of that toxic tin can and held her in my lap while she fought to survive; she wasn't ready to go, but her body, thanks to the cancer that riddled it, had other ideas.

Another hectic day for all kinds of reasons, not the least of which was the need to go in and sign our tax forms and have them submitted, pay the accountant, and get the receipts to send with the checks tomorrow.

And it's about $2K more than my estimate. Which actually is about right; I always try to overestimate in my own mind so I'm not disappointed, but I screwed it up this year. That's probably more a reflection of the bone-deep exhaustion that's dogging my every moment now than anything else. I am so, so tired, and I so badly need to bring in some sales to make up that difference.

The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. I really, really could use a $2K sale tonight, which would allow us to pay the whole bill tomorrow instead of incurring penalties and interest. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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 Last of a Snowflower Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for markers that have likely passed, and for an unsettled and unsettling season that seems unsure what it should be. It's three images, one new, two older, linked by a newish work of wearable art featured here for the first time, all of them a tribute to that moment in spring that presents us with the last of a snowflower sky.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's April, taxes due and the check going in the mail tomorrow, 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.          

Make it rain.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this morning. It's raining now.

Which is wonderful. At the moment, it's a soft, gentle, steady rain, which is what we most need.

It's been a freaking day. Errands, lots of time on my feet and walking, and I hurt everywhere now. But we're still waiting to hear the size of the check we need to write to Uncle Sam [it's going to be big, no matter what], and that means that we need to make it rain in the metaphorical sense, too.

The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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: The Vast Vault of the Spring Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026;
all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for strange mid-April days and the absent markers of ordinary spring. It's an image from eleven short days ago, like this day before the clouds moved in, showing us clearly the vast vault of the spring sky overhead.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's April, taxes turned over but still waiting to hear the total due, 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.         

Just sun and cold and endless wind.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Clouds, no rain, just sun and cold and endless wind. 

And exhaustion.

I'm so tired. So much pain. And the depression that goes with all of it. I can't get anything done that I need to do. And still no access to FB entirely because of their bullshit, which means still no access to my own group. 

At least one sale, possibly a second to come, and that puts us still very, very far behind where we need to be, but not as far behind as we were yesterday, so I'm grateful for that. The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.   

Present At the Birth of the Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an all-new work featured here today for the first time, a cuff whose strikingly traditional silverwork holds a phenomenally beautiful Skystone. It's a work wrought in vintage style, with a slender band, deep freehand stampwork, and a flanged bezel framing a stunning turquoise cabochon, a reminder that we are present at the birth of the sky, for each new day and for the season, too.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, taxes turned over but we're still awaiting the butcher's bill, and we badly 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.  

Whatever, we'll take it.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Beautiful rain in the dark hours of this morning, and then beautiful fog in the light. No real rain to speak of this afternoon, despite the constant parade of storms, but there is a new dusting [emphasis on "dusting"] on the tundra of the peaks.

Whatever, we'll take it.

I'm exhausted. I slept nine hours straight, save for the dogs waking me up to go out/come in. Today's been about trying to get my bearings again , now that the taxes are turned over. Still not done with them; we're waiting to see how bad the damage is, and we have to go in and sign and pay. But most of it is of my desk, and I could not be more grateful.

But trying to catch up on everything else is why everything's late tonight. Well, that on the pain and fatigue levels that the last several weeks [months] have inflicted on me. Also, still no access to FB, because no time to deal with it, which means still no access to my own group. At least one sale, possibly a second to come, and that puts us still very, very far behind where we need to be, but not as far behind as we were yesterday, so I'm grateful for that. The one thing that came out of the tax nonsense is that I was not losing my mind; last year, we made barely more than 50% of the previous year's sales, which tells you how bad Trump is for business [and for everything else except inflicting harm]. So we've got to get caught up, and we've got to maintain it, because we've got big costs [the door, for one] ahead. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.   

A World Reawakened By the Power of the Storm

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a vintage-style masterwork perfect for this season, a work that embodies the priceless gifts that attend another turn of the earth. It's a cuff bracelet with extraordinary Art Deco freehand silverwork, set with an equally phenomenal stone, one especially apt for this day here and a world reawakened by the power of the storm.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, taxes turned over but we still need to find out what the butcher's bill will be, and we badly 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.  

Friday Feature: The Restorative Medicine of a Spring Rain

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with an old-style masterwork shown from three perspectives, one that's perfect for the gifts of this too-early spring. It's a necklace wrought in vintage style, and in an old traditional form and shape, set and strung with the colors of the season and embodying the restorative medicine of a spring rain.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, taxes turned over but we still need to find out what the butcher's bill will be, and we badly 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.  

This day, I swear . . . .

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

This day, I swear . . . .

It has been one.

The good news is that the taxes are turned over. Now we wait to see how bad the damage is. As late as it is, we may still need an extension; we'll probably know the answer to that on Monday. And they are not entirely off my desk yet. But mostly.

I've been awake since 2:30 this morning, and there is not an inch of my body that is not screaming in pain. I've had a dislocated right shoulder for a week now; a dislocated left knee almost as long. Today is the first time I've left home in 36 days, and that was only because I had no choice. My pain levels are truly off the charts these days, and so is the exhaustion. And everything will be very late tonight, which is why these are appearing out of order.

Today is also the twelfth anniversary of the day we lost Lilith. It can't possibly have been a dozen years yet, but apparently it is. And I miss that sweet girl every single day.

Also, still no access to FB, because no time to deal with it, which means still no access to my own group. Still no sales. Still the week from hell. And I still have to get through it, and next week, too, and preferably do so without landing myself in the hospital or worse. Because I'm out of time to get all of this done, my health is in jeopardy, and we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even, which we are not remotely doing now. We were already eight weeks behind where we need to be on sales even before the side door decided to go to hell, and we will not get through this year if that doesn't change soon. We need sales; we don't make it through spring if this drought doesn't break soon. That up there? That's one of his reimagined cuffs, soon to be no longer solid sterling. The stone that's going on it? It is, if I'm not mistaken, a titanium druzy. It'll probably be done tomorrow. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.  

Too many firsts, too soon.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

No snow. In early April? That little peak should be covered with it entirely, and it should be measured in [many] feet.

We do have the first honeysuckle blossoms, and first hummingbird today, though. Too many firsts, too soon. I suspect that we will have no lilacs again this year. They budded a week or two ago, and they're looking distinctly unhealthy now. Might have something to do with that whole "28 degrees overnight" thing every night, but what do I know?

Got the biggest thing in the tax bullshit done today. The rest will be tonight, and we'll turn them over tomorrow. And then I won't be quite done with them yet, but mostly, and maybe I'll be able to breathe again. Of course, there's still the stupid check to write. And there are no words for the rage I feel having our hard-earned dollars go to this monstrous government.

Still no access to FB, because no time to deal with it, which means still no access to my own group. Still no sales. Still the week from hell. And I still have to get through it, and preferably do so without landing myself in the hospital or worse. Because I'm out of time to get all of this done, my health is in jeopardy, and we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even, which we are not remotely doing now. We were already eight weeks behind where we need to be on sales even before the side door decided to go to hell, and we will not get through this year if that doesn't change soon. We need sales; we don't make it through spring if this drought doesn't break soon. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.  

#TBT: Green, Revived By Golden Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #TBT featured work that dates back just shy of 11.5 years, and a commissioned work based on an earlier design. It's a ring with a substantial dual-strand band and a beautiful old green turquoise stone, the focal perfect for our world as it looks today — green, revived by golden light.

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 April already, taxes due, 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.  

No time to enjoy any of it.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Butterfly in the sky. We've had some gorgeous cloud formations today, and some beautiful golden light this evening.

And no time to enjoy any of it.

I did get the single biggest, hardest, most involved component of the tax shit done today. A lot more to go, though. But thanks to my dislocated shoulder, I'll probably be up all night, unable to sleep, so maybe I'll be lucky enough to be able to haul through most of the rest.

Still no access to FB, because no time to deal with it, which means still no access to my own group. Still no sales. Still the week from hell. And I still have to get through it, and preferably do so without landing myself in the hospital or worse. Because I'm out of time to get all of this done, my health is in jeopardy, and we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even, which we are not remotely doing now. We were already eight weeks behind where we need to be on sales even before the side door decided to go to hell, and we will not get through this year if that doesn't change soon. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [and to whomever sent a bunch of items off it that have arrived recently, 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.  

In the New Light of the Dawn

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an older work made new, luminous night refined to reflect the mountain starlight that presides over our dark hours now. It's a cuff bracelet set with seasonally-apt jewel, one in softest spring green, atop a silvery arc studded with the image of our nearest star, and the medicine spring grants us now in the new light of the dawn.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's already April, taxes are due, 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.