Actually cold.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

More rain today. And when the clouds finally lifted just the slightest bit, we could see snow two-thirds of the way down the slopes. Just a dusting, but that's more than we've had most of the time in recent years, and lower, too.

And it's cold. I mean, not cool, not chilly, but actually cold. Which means that everything will freeze tonight, and maybe I'll be free of the chamisa-pollen plague at long last. It would be really nice to lose at one source of inflammatory response, because for the second day in a row, I am in autoimmune hell. It's also chemo day, and last week was so fucking miserable that I had to lower my dose again. Nothing's working, and I'm at the end of my rope, because it just gets worse by the day. even my pain meds, the one and only kind that's ever worked for me, aren't touching it.

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

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Monday Photo Meditation: When Waterfall Becomes Firelight

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved. 

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for the storms of what should be early winter, via an image of a time when such patterns still held. It's a photo that dates back a decade almost to the very day, when Wings captured that post-storm moment when waterfall becomes firelight.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Just dark from the storm.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

 

That was about 4:30 this afternoon [actual 4:30, thank all that's holy, rather than that stupid DST abomination]; yes, it looks like night, but it was still broad daylight, just dark from the storm. Just after I took that shot, that storm finally began to open up overhead, and it's still pouring.

It's been a beautiful day in terms of the clouds and the skies, but the rain they said we'd get all day didn't begin until that point. It's also been an absolutely miserable day for me in terms of pain. I fell asleep and stayed that way until about 5 AM, when I awakened with one of the worst migraines I've had in recent memory [by which I mean the last year or two]. No rhyme or reason; it just decided that November first was the day, I guess. If it had been only that, that would've been bad enough, but no. Both hands and both are still wrecked; I have subluxes [partial joint dislocations] in both hands and wrists, both feet, both knees, my right elbow, and my left shoulder. It's been agony all day long.

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

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

The Storm Always Births the Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for stormy days and longer nights, a reminder that an emergent sun is always just around the corner. It's a pair of unusual earrings, on posts and wrought of red brass in a distinctly Art Deco design around sodalite's deep blues, the whole reminding us that the storm always births the light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Halloween may be tonight only, but Goth is year-round.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

He'd intended to have these done in time to be available for Halloween wear, but no. This whole month has been a nightmare and a half on its own, in a horror show of a year, so . . . ::shrug::. Both of us can only do what we can do, and we're behind on lots of things.

Doesn't really matter, though. Halloween may be tonight only, but Goth is year-round. And that's who these are for, folks like me who live in black.  On the left, high grade Tibetan spiderweb turquoise, big cabs, but the black webbing of the matrix is so fantastic that they look Goth-y, too. the other two are Picasso jasper, the real, high-grade stuff, not the pale spiderweb jasper that so many pretend is the real thing. I might have to swipe one of those pairs for myself, because they have that whole "haunted storm" thing going on there.

At least it's some distraction from what's been a brutal day. And it's not just because of our friend who's been hospitalized; I'm on no sleep, and my pain levels are off the charts. I finally fell asleep a little before 6:30 this morning . . . and of course woke up ten minute later. I'm wiped. Feet and hands, mostly unuseable. Pain untouchable. I don't know what to do at this point.

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

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

The Season When the Spirits Walk

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for these last autumn days before winter comes, for the haunting beauty of our world now, and for the power it portends. Its a pair of earrings built around the also-eerie beauty of porcelain jasper, a work perfect for this day and those to follow, at the beginning of the season when the spirits walk.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Friday Feature: From Ancient Fires Are Fall's Spirits Made Strong

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a masterwork formed in part of very old, prized pieces from Wings's personal collection. It's a necklace in figurative form, evoking flames, dancing — a reminder that from ancient fires are fall's spirits made strong . . . and our own are, as well.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

It has been a freaking day.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Wings's newest.  I'm hoping to have it up on the site tonight, but it'll probably be tomorrow at the earliest.

Because it has been a freaking day. One of my dearest friends was rushed to the hospital by ambulance this morning, and has since been life-flighted down to ABQ. There are no details on her medical condition, but her daughters are both headed down there to stay with her, which is what's needed now.

That's consumed my thought processes all day today, but it's not only that; the week has been a horror show, like most of the last several weeks, and the problems of this week, frankly, are why posts are out of order tonight. The NDN Silver one takes the longest, so I figured now that I can finally sit to work on my own work, I should get these out of the way first.

None of it's helped, of course, by the constant spiking in my pain and fatigue levels, and the worsening of my hands and feet. It all just makes me slower, and keeps putting me further and further behind every day. Clearly the rest of the year is going to be very hard. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. It's been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A change in the weather is definitely coming.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. 

 

That was late today. A change in the weather is definitely coming. It'll need to get a lot colder than this, though, for it to be seasonal weather. 

It's been a hard day. Two or three weeks ago, I had to up my chemo dose again [it's all orals, and my last doc always prescribed enough to give me discretion to raise or lower it depending on how my symptoms were responding]. Anyway, I'm at the higher dose, and I frankly functioned better the last two days than I had any right to expect — not good, by any stretch of the imagination, but better than I would've thought.

Apparently, it was saving up al the side effects for today. Good god, I'm beat. And that's just the most recent added thing. There's always the blinding fatigue and the unrelenting physical pain; they never go away now. My feet are still a mess, so walking has been increasingly difficult; my hands are, too, which makes . . . well, everything that much harder. And I'm just so, so tired, every second of every day.

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

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

 

#ThrowbackThursday: A Spirit of Power and Protection

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #TBT at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #ThrowbackThursday work that dates back more than fourteen years, to July of 2014 and a very special commission. It's a belt buckle, ordered by one spouse for the other and meant to memorialize the recipient's affinity for his favorite wild animal — a spirit of power and protection that we know as Wolf.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. This work will never be duplicated, but if the style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own.  We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

"Just because."

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Not late-birthday flowers; I got those from him the day of. These apparently are "just because" flowers. I love lilies, and those scarlet ones, which I've never seen before, smell absolutely wonderful.

I've been at the salt mines all day, and most of what I got done wasn't what I needed to get done, but when that depends on other people . . . ::shrugs:: there's nothing I can do about that. So it gets done or it doesn't, but that's out of my control, completely.

At least I didn't have to be on my feet in lines today. Still dealing with the chemo effects from Monday, and, as always the blinding fatigue and the unrelenting physical pain; they never go away now. And it all just makes me slower, and keeps putting me further and further behind every day. Clearly the rest of the year is going to be very hard. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. It's been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and liquid soaps];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

The Spirits and Spaces of the Sacred

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

 
Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the subtler aspects of this season, and for the work of searching for the sacred now. It's a necklace wrought in an old tile design, set and strung with beautifully apt stones that remind us to honor the spirits and spaces of the sacred.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Perfect red.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Those are the leaves on the smaller of our two fire maples, the one so wounded by the summer's extreme heat and drought that we did not expect it to survive. We certainly didn't expect it to manage any fall color. But instead we have perfect red.

It has been A DAY, and mine is nowhere near over, even though it's pushing midnight. The big thing we needed to do, tried to do, we couldn't do, all because of circumstances entirely beyond our control. Which might prove to be a huge problem down the road, but there's not a damn thing I can do about it except hope, pray, and try again next week. Then it was the pharmacy, neither our scrips done even though they were supposed to be ready a week ago. So there was a long wait there, and a huge fucking bill, because HHS is now trying actively to kill diabetics, and we're just lucky that we could shell out $370 cash for his test strips. Of course, that's a bind I wasn't expecting now, with the end of the month looming, but his health will always come before anything else.

But those two things took up most of the day. I'm so far behind just on today that it's not funny. I needed to bring in some sales today, too, and what do you think the chance of that was? Yeah, nothing. And this nonsense, combined with the chemo effects [yesterday] and the blinding fatigue and the unrelenting physical pain just keep putting me further and further behind every day. Clearly the rest of the year is going to be very hard. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. It's been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and the second bath mat];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Red Willow Spirit: The Paths and Places Where Spirits Meet

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for the beings that inhabit and shape autumn here, and for the shape of other worlds their presence foretells. It's three images suited to this Halloween week, linked by two beautifully matched and otherworldly works of wearable art, symbolizing the paths and places where spirits meet.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A Halloween sky.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved,

 

Today was all clear skies and brilliant sun, exactly what you'd expect from this point in the year [except, of course, that it's still 20-30 degrees too damn warm]. But close to sunset, it started looking like a change in the weather, even though there's not supposed to be any chance of anything until the weekend.

It did give us a Halloween sky, so there's that.

Other than that, it's been a brutal day, and tomorrow will be worse. I hate being at the mercy of other people deciding whether to do their jobs or not, and today was one of those that was definitely not, which meant that I lost the entire day waiting around for nothing. And it's to do with a bureaucratic nightmare that will do us a real damage if we can't get the apparatchiks to do their actual fucking jobs and comply with actual fucking law.

I needed to bring in some sales today, too, and what do you think the chance of that was? Yeah, nothing. And this nonsense, combined with the chemo effects [today] and the blinding fatigue and the unrelenting physical pain just keep putting me further and further behind every day. Clearly the rest of the year is going to be very hard. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. It's been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and the second bath mat];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Monday Photo Meditation: A Small Transformational Spirit

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for October's end, and for the aptly-dressed beings that  undergo their own metamorphosis now. It's an image from two years ago, of a small transformational spirit that takes flight about this time of year — absent now, but still a model for us to emulate.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Real red.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

 

That was early-ish this afternoon: real red down here; snow on the peaks. No precipitation here, though . . . until around 5 PM, and since then, it's been bucketing down. It's not a cloudburst; it's not quick and then gone. This is stalled overhead again, expected to continue at this pace until midnight or after, and with flood watches in effect again.

This is going to be a hellish week. Last week was awful for so very many reasons, and this one is likely to be harder still. I'm going to be unavailable for almost everything, because my time has to be spent on things I should not have to be spending it on, but bureaucrats are assholes, and here we fucking are.

Tomorrow is also chemo day, and I really wish that while it's suppressing my autoimmune markers [and making me feel generally like shit], it would also do something about suppressing the physical symptoms and the pain, but apparently not. My hands are completely useless; I can't even flip off the stupid political ads on TV. I might have to start using talk to text if this is the way it's just going to be now.  But I don't want to have the fucking microphone on on this thing, either. My feet also seem to be permanently useless now, too. I thought once the hydroxychloroquine [baseline lupus med, to which I had a whole host of rare but known reactions] was out of my system, that would change, but I seem to be back to where I was when I was taking that crap. And where I was then was contemplating a wheelchair.

I'm so tired. I am in so much constant pain, and nothing works. It's one thing to have my shoulders, hips, knees, whatever hurt [and they do, unrelentingly]. But to have both hands and both feet become useless simultaneously [and in constant agonizing pain, too] is a whole other order of magnitude of fuckery.

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

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [Too many obligations, too many folks in need; I can't justify spending money on them right now, but I'd really love to be able to get the rest of the towels and the second bath mat];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Avatars of Ancient Spirits

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work perfect for this point in the year, time's whirlwind manifesting once more in this season when the spirits walk. It's a coil bracelet strung with a collection of extraordinary materials, the avatars of ancient spirits emergent once more to remind us of the wisdom, and the gifts, they left behind for us.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A metaphor for basically everything right now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; al rights reserved.

Finally, a dusting of snow. Only rain down here, but lots of it, with more to come. Frankly, I expected more than that puny amount on the peaks by now, though.

If ever there were a metaphor for basically everything right now, that's it. Not only are we not getting even the bare minimum out of governance and its supposed "leaders," but they're actively trying to kill us. They such fucking craven cowards that it's absolutely embarrassing. We'll all die of the secondhand cringe before they do anything effective enough to get us.

Hard day, pain-wise, but that's my life now, and I don't really expect that to change. I'm still so far behind that it's ridiculous. The rest of the month, hell, year is going to be very hard, anyway. I've still got to get caught up on all the rest of my work, entirely apart from the now-several days I've lost here. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, namely the towels and the second bath mat];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

After a Rare Autumn Rain

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work perfect for this day, built around a strikingly unusual focal stone that embodies the post-storm evergreen sunset common to the summer rainy season. And while this is very far from summer, it reminds us to be grateful for our unusual weather new, for after a rare autumn rain, we may find our world renewed in time to create our first real winter in years.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Very little of anything.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this morning: autumn out the window. Lots of sun, lots of clouds, and now we have thunder, lightning, wind, and rain again tonight. Supposedly the forecast is for extreme weather, but the only one who thinks this is extreme is Sunny, because he hates thunder. So far, it's produced very little of anything.

This week has flown by, but it's been a very hard one, and I'm so far beyond beat that there isn't even a word for it. I mean, this kind of exhaustion is normal with autoimmune disease, even at the best of times, but these are anything but that. The mental fatigue is killing me, too; it's making it impossible to do even a fraction of what I need to get done.

And I'm still so far behind that it's ridiculous. The rest of the month, hell, year is going to be very hard, anyway. I've still got to get caught up on all the rest of my work, entirely apart from the now-several days I've lost here. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, namely the towels and the second bath mat];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Friday Feature: The Frost-Clad Shimmer of an Autumn Sunrise

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of works that capture the haunting beauty and power of the new day's first moments now. It's a necklace and a coil bracelet from Wings's signature series of gemstone-bead works, created specifically to belong together, and to embody the frost-clad shimmer of an autumn sunrise.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

It's here now.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was late this afternoon, while the storm was still gathering.

It's here now.

And there's a huge swath of extreme weather behind it, if we can believe the radar map. 

Rain in October? Unheard-of here. Even more unheard-of is a thunderstorm, and we've got whole lines of them. If we're lucky, we might also have our first dusting of snow before the weekend is out.

But good lord, what a week. I have had no free time, I'm nowhere near where I need to be on everything that needed to get done this week, and my health is being completely uncooperative. It's not helping that, while I've had dislocated hands and wrists and knees and feet for weeks now, I managed to break the little toe on my left foot tonight. No, there's nothing to do except tape it. But the swelling, all the way my ankle, is horrible, and the pain is absolutely excruciating.

And I'm still so far behind that it's ridiculous. The rest of the month, hell, year is going to be very hard, anyway. I've still got to get caught up on all the rest of my work, entirely apart from the now-several days I've lost here. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, namely the towels and the second bath mat];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

#TBT: As Rare Fall Lightning Rends a Green Twilight Sky

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #TBT featured work that dates back more than sixteen years, to the spring of 2010, and one of a very informal and intermittent series of layered works. It's a necklace built around an unusually geometric setting, and a focal stone that evokes this season's strange sunset beauty, as rare fall lightning rends a green twilight sky.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. This work will never be duplicated, but if the style speaks to your spirit, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; Wings can create a version uniquely your own.  We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A storm coming.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Pure autumn color, and a storm coming. Beautiful day, and now, the first wave of rain has already begun. It's only a small shower at the moment, but there's extreme weather on the radar map, and it's heading our way.

It'll be a relief, especially if it eventually turns to snow. It's also be a relief because it might mean that a few things might slow down, and I can focus on all the urgent things we need to get done that are bedeviling me.

I'm still so far behind that it's ridiculous. The rest of the month, hell, year is going to be very hard, anyway. I've still got to get caught up on all the rest of my work, entirely apart from the now-several days I've lost here. And I've still got to bring in a lot more sales through the end of the year. This year has been hellishly expensive already, and we've also got some other big-ticket things to take care of between now and then, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I've added a few new items, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, namely the towels and the second bath mat];
• Patreon here;
• Ko-fi here.

And we do still need to make those regular weekly sales, so please share all of the links. We really do need to get this year onto a better footing than the last two, a year that, so far, has been very grim.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A Time of Cold Cosmic Fire and Earthen Flame

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork perfect for this season, an expression of a love ancient and eternal that the spirits of earth and sky hold for us. It's a necklace featuring an extraordinary sixteen stones, the focal cabochon a rare material, all hanging from a strand of hand-selected beads that together capture the power of this season, a time of cold cosmic fire and earthen flame.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. We still have to ensure that we break even on the year, and that begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

 

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2026; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.