And we're the lucky ones.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

The last day of September, and it was all clouds and fog and storm. It was beautiful. It was also powerful, and I mean that literally as much as metaphorically. It's still raining out there  now, at nearly 10:30 at night, and after three days of this, it's now at the point where it's pooling on the surface of the ground, and everything's running with rivers of mud.

And we're the lucky ones. There are mudslides blocking the pass to Red River, rockfalls south in the Canyon, apparently a landslide north of Albuquerque, a dam failure predicted down in Doña Ana County, and a bridge failure between Magdalena and Socorro that has the road closed both directions, and the only detour is an extra 287 miles. Yes, you read that right. Two hundred and eighty-seven extra miles. People don't realize what distances really are out here.

But today's been a day. It was San G at the Pueblo, but we weren't going anyway, and definitely not in this weather. We had to get labs done, both of us [preparatory to finding new docs], I had to pick up a referral, and there were other tasks that couldn't wait, especially given the messy weather. The good news is that apparently not only was my referral already transmitted to the new rheumatologist; she apparently had already asked for, and also had already gotten, my medical records transferred, too. So presumably that means that all I have to do tomorrow is call up and schedule a first appointment.

Today was busy enough, and chaotic enough, to keep my mind largely off the markers.  Nineteen years ago this afternoon, we had to say goodbye to our first dog jointly, BearGirl. It was brutal [and entirely unnecessary, but certain folks were negligent, and by the time we found out, it was too late]. She was a big, beautiful Newfie, and I held her across my lap on the ground while Ted handled the injection, Wings petting her constantly. I still remember the very first day I arrived up here, when she and Hunter saw me drive and came barreling across the north field at me, and tried to climb into the car under my feet. They let me know right then, in no uncertain terms, that I belonged to them now.

There are better markers, too, but right now, all the current stresses seem to be crowding them out. At least part of them medical stuff is resolved, but we've got a half-dozen other major things to resolve, too, mostly external crap that should have nothing to do with us, but bureaucrats . . . .

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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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.

Fall's Blue Skies and Sunlight

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the more ordinary conditions of this time of year, and for the dance of the dawn spirits that has remained veiled from view on recent mornings. It's an extraordinary necklace wrought in a classic figurative style and set with eight separate gems, a reminder that, current weather notwithstanding, fall's blue skies and sunlight are never actually far away from 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.

Red Willow Spirit: When Earth Meets Sky In Shadow and Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for these final days of September, for the events they mark, and for the space and place and season that is the focus now. It's three spectacularly apt images linked by two related works of wearable art, all of them capturing that moment when earth meets sky in shadow and 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.

All rain, all the time.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was this morning, with fog drifting through a break in the rain on the slopes. We've had a couple such breaks, but it's been mostly all rain, all the time.

It's supposed to be all rain, all the time past midnight tomorrow night, too [meaning Thursday morning].

Out of order tonight because today has been a day, in none of the good ways, and I haven't even gotten to my real work yet. Tomorrow will also be a mess, starting first thing in the morning. I've had no time to chase sales, or help in the studio, or anything, and my skyrocketing pain levels are not helping with any of it.

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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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.

Weirdnesses.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

All sorts of weirdnesses today:  brilliant dawn rainbow in the southwest [once unheard-of, at time of year, time of day, or direction]; asperitas clouds in the north and east at mid-morning; a gigantic storm system overhead now, one unlikely to budge all night.

I guess this is that Super El Niño the media have treated like clickbait. 

I would be very happy, though, to have fewer weirdnesses health-wise, but I don't think, at this point, that that's ever going to improve. The weekend was so bad, I don't even have words for it. Today as chemo day, and I upped my dose again, because clearly the lower one's not cutting it, and that may be why I managed a little better today, despite it making me feel generally crappy overall. This was not the time ot lose my doctor, or my medical practice, but here we fucking are.

I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I don't have time. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is, but everything just keeps getting worse and worse. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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: The Autumn Sun That Lights Clay and Wood and Earth Alike

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for this final work of what the world knows as September, for celebratory traditions of abundance that the outside world fails to notice. It's a photo that Wings shot on film some fourteen years ago, in October of 2012, capturing the priceless beauty of the autumn sun that lights clay and wood and earth alike.

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 change in the weather.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

First indications of a change in the weather. We also have a flash-flood watch from noon tomorrow into Wednesday morning.

Again. 

::Sigh:: what a miserable weekend. Every day, I've felt worse than the last.  And every day, I've had to spend time on what other people want instead of what I intended to do. I've gotten literally nothing accomplished that I had planned to get caught up this weekend, and this week is going to be a problem.

Add to that that not only do I not feel better, I actually feel very much worse, and . . . I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I don't have time. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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.

Rain, Descending Steps From Sky to Earth

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the ancient architecture of place, and for the conundrum of how the sky becomes the rain. It's a pair of earrings in an old traditional style, capturing the beauty and power of that rain, descending steps from sky to earth.

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.

Always oil your spurs.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Reminder from Wings: Always oil your spurs; you never know when you'll need them.

That's an old, OLD pair, and they're beautiful. Taking care of them is part of the reason. Which is true of most things.

I had hoped to get a bunch of things done today, including sorting a bunch of beads for him for his next round, but no. My pain levels today are absolutely impossible. Left wrist began dislocating last night, but now the pain is up my forearm and down to my fingertips. The fingers are curled into claws, because everything is spasmed and foreshortened; there's a bulge on the underside of my wrist where either tendon or ligament is out of place. My right shoulder is in constant agony from the rotator-cuff tear and sublux, and my feet are, too, from the permanently dislocated metatarsals and tendon pain in the heel.

This is my daily life now. I never have a moment's respite, and I never will. But sure, tell me all about "people" being hypochondriacs and whatever. I'm so tired of ableist assholery.  Every single thing I accomplish is in spite of my illnesses and pain, and this week [which was supposed to be a week off, but no], I've accomplished a hell of a lot . . . for other people. We've raised thousands of dollars for folks in emergency situations this week, but sure, tell me about how I don't work, too. 'Fuck's sake.

If I don't feel a whole lot better tomorrow, I'm not going to be able to do anything. And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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.

Fall Reflections

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for unsettled and unseasonal days, one created in spring to inspire us to reflections on the thaw, but apt for autumn, too. It's a pair of earrings built around spectacular cabochons of ocean jasper set into frame-like bezels, perhaps intended to remind us that fall reflections are also a desperately needed use of our time and efforts now.

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 slow-moving storm.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

This afternoon, an hour or so before the weather actually arrived. It was a slow-moving storm until it got here, and then it blew through here at record speed. Of course, it dropped a hell of a lot of water with it for the short time it was here.

Right now, they're saying no rain tomorrow or Sunday, but they said that about today, too, and that was obviously very wrong. So we'll see what the weekend actually brings, but as always with predictions, we'll believe it when we see it.

Regardless of the weather, my whole weekend is overloaded before it even gets here. Of course, so was this whole week, the week I was supposed to be taking off fundraising for my health, but that was made impossible, so . . . . 

And I feel just as terrible now as I did then, but I can't get a break from any of it. And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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: Wildflowers Against a Stormy Autumn Sky

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's our Friday Feature at The NDN Silver Blog, with a pair of works created wholly independently of each that nonetheless seem very clearly to belong together. It's a necklace built around a rare material and a pair of earrings strung with similar beads, both capturing the striking beauty of wildflowers against a stormy autumn sky such as we have had, unusually, in recent days.

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.

More rain.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That photo was from about midday today. It looks like fog; it's not. It's more rain. The gigantic system from the last 3 days has finally moved out and broken up, but there is more on the way tomorrow, and over the next several days. I doubt that any of them will be as big and long-lasting as this storm was, but they'll still be welcome. Yes, the earth is soggy here now, but it's remarkable how well it's been absorbing everything.

This week has been a zoo, and today has been more of the same. I'm going to be really sore tomorrow; lots of the kind of work that my joints don't handle these days. The one good thing is that I'm supposed to be getting a referral to a rheumatologist, although it's going to cost a fortune. Hopefully she'll be as good as I've been told she is.

Of course, I feel like absolute hell. And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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: The Autumn Spiral

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #ThrowbackThursday at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #TBT featured work that dates back only to last fall, one of a trio of bolos that a friend commissioned for a very special purpose. this one was to be his own bolo, and the Triskelion spirals bear a truly spectacular old bloodstone, the whole capturing the mystery and magic of the autumn spiral.

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.

 

Finally looks like fall.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved

That was late this afternoon; it's still raining out there now. Finally looks like fall out there, doesn't it? Its supposed to rain until a couple hours before dawn, and then again later tomorrow, and much of the next week.

If course the earth is not at the point where it can't absorb much more. It's pooling on the surface now; if it does stop for a while tomorrow, most of it will get absorbed.  The cloud cover has held the warmth in, so we're nowhere near hard freeze territory yet. Maybe, though, this is a sign of a real winter to come, for the first time in nine years.

We can hope.

Other than that, it's been a typically chaotically busy day, which is why I'm doing this at frickin' 11 PM. Again. We did manage to get some decent money raised for a local family dealing suddenly with two medical crises simultaneously; we also made a great sale tonight, and I've got some commissions to follow up on for him. I've put in a request for a referral to a new doctor, so hopefully they'll pay enough attention to, you know, do it.

Now I've just got four or five other nightmare scenarios to deal with in the short term that are adding so horribly to my stress levels. the pain levels are just completely unmanageable at this point, so I've basically stopped trying.

Of course, I feel like absolute hell. And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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.

Autumn's Fiery Last Dance

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the breathtaking beauty of an evergreen sunset, manifest at the end of these fall days. It's a simple, spare, subtle cuff bracelet with a dual-sided triple-strand band set with an extraordinary stone, the whole capturing the the beauty and power of autumn's fiery last dance of the day, and of the season.

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.

Extreme weather.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Wild weather today. It hit in mid-afternoon, and went on for several hours; we've had a lull since. But it was extreme weather, and we have more in the forecast. We also have a flood watch that's now been extended another day, until 6 PM Thursday. Apparently Mora County is getting serious flooding already, which isn't really a surprise, given the unremediated burn scars from the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon wildfire complex. The feds' local guy overseeing the settlements [Republican, natch] lined his own pockets heavily despite his property being nowhere near the fire, while denying compensation to the actual victims, and the feds are doing zero remediation on the environmental damage, so . . . .

Typical.

Everything is shit. And there's absolutely nothing ordinary people can do about it. And I'm so tired of everything and everyone.

And, of course, I feel like absolute hell. And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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: Gilded Flame In the New Autumn Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for the first day of official fall, and for the unseasonal current conditions that might help return a little normalcy to our world. It's three images, all of fiery maple foliage captured over a period of some two decades, linked by two spectacularly apt works of wearable art, all manifest as gilded flame in the new autumn 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.

Strange weather.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That was late this afternoon. Strange weather; by an hour thereafter, it felt like the shift in weather that comes before the first snow of the season. It's not cold enough for that down here, of course, but fi they're right about the rains to come, then the peaks will get some white stuff.

Today was rough. Chemo day, which is more than enough, but also, just everything so completely fucked up. The one potential good thing that came out of it is that I may have found a replacement doc, but that depends on whether she's taking new patients. She's also in Los Alamos, which means a drive for every visit, which meand wiping me out for the week every time, but it is what it is.

Maybe. 

For now, though, I feel like absolute hell. And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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: Fall In Full Leaf

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a Monday Photo Meditation for the last full day of official summer, and for the conditions changing around us in real time now. It's an image that dates back only days shy of six full years, to October 5th, 2020, and to one a view of already-altered patterns in color, a time when fall in full leaf no longer holds it usual meaning here.

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.

What's coming.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

The colors are off, at least as they render here; too much low light coming into the studio, washing out the bluer shades. But this is [part of] what's coming, earring pairs here, and they're all amazing: blue lace agate; seraphinite; porcelain jasper; old and spectacular beautiful tiger's eye; what might be tree agate, or a decidedly nonorbicular pair of ocean jasper cabs; #8 turquoise; Hubei turquoise; Brazilian turquoise; and 3 extraordinary pairs of Hubei turquoise from, obviously, a very different deposit. He also has the chiastolite link bracelet still in the works, several gemstone-bead items, and a collection of alterations/repairs for a friend as well as a few commission in the early design stages.

There are just never enough hours in the day. Not for him; not for me. 

I had thought I might feel a bit better today, but no. Especially not in the last hour or so; I'm suddenly feeling spectacularly lousy, with nothing triggering it. And the worst part is that there's nothing I can do about it, now that our doctor's office closed without any notice Friday, and we had to find out when we drove across town for our appointments. 

And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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.

Fall's Fire and Rain Are Medicine

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for our recent days of rain on the petals, and for those forecast to come. It's a pair of earrings from Wings's recently revived series of old-style loops, this pair a perfect transition from summer to autumn, and a reminder that fall's fire and rain are medicine.

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 done.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

I promised I'd have it as soon as it was done. It's done. He finished it this afternoon. This is a heavier-gauge band, and it feels very traditional; the stampwork is also a throwback, old-school imagery common in the so-called Fred Harvey era.  The stones are Damele [center]; Blackjack turquoise, which is a type that's basically all boulder/ribbon turquoise [right]; and Black Bridge variscite, which, like Persian turquoise, comes from Iran [left]. Once I get it up on the site, the side and end views will be visible, too, but for now, this'll have to do.

Yeah, I know, everything's always late. Including the last round of daily work from last night, which is now and shared, but last night was the first time ever — literally EVER — that I did not finish all of those daily tasks. And I didn't because I couldn't. After recent weeks, I was so ill by last night that my body simply would not cooperate; neither would my brain. For the first time all week, I went to bed sometime after 12:30, instead of at 3 AM, because I could not do anything at all. I barely made it upstairs, and I didn't so much fall asleep as simply collapse.

It could be an exceptionally bad autoimmune exacerbation. I mean, given the pace I've had to keep and the stresses I've been forced to carry daily this summer, it wouldn't be a surprise. But this feels different. There is something else underlying this, something wrong, and since our medical practice has apparently abandoned us three weeks early, there's not a thing I can do about it. In terms of "wrong," it could be simple disease progression, which Spirit knows is bad enough on its own. Aside from the pain and the joint and connective-tissue degeneration, at some point, it will begin to affect my organs. [LOL; "at some point." I know it already has. It just hasn't shut anything down yet.] it also put me at heightened risk for certain nastier things, specific types of cancer and other conditions that are similarly unpleasant, and can be fatal entirely independently of the organ damage and whatever else from the autoimmune diseases. My fatigue levels are epic right now; it's like having mono along with the flu and pneumonia and probably COVID too. It's the kind of fatigue I've always heard cancer patients describe when they're at their lowest ebb, and I can't function this way.

And I can't be this sick. I mean, I can't. I've got too much to do every damn day as it is. 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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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 Work of Regeneration, of Renewal and Rebirth

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work for the medicine we once associated here with summer, now arrived in fall to revive our world. It's a pair of traditional loop earrings strung with turquoise and silver and more, a perfect tribute to the cycles and the work of regeneration, of renewal and rebirth, that are in effect now.

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.

In other words . . . .

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

New earrings pairs. these are spectacular, and he's planning on starting on them, for building up holiday inventory, this weekend. He has several other turquoise cab pairs, too, and more on the way, plus pairs in lots of other gemstones.

I should have the new 3-stone green cuff tomorrow [heavy, very old school]. There's also a simple wrapped copper cuff that's already done, but today's been so awful there's been no time.

Apparently it wasn't enough that we're losing both our doctor, for the second time in two years, AND the whole medical practice. We had our final appointments this morning, and I needed to go over a bunch of issues for both of us, order our patient files [and pay through the nose for them no doubt], and find out whether I needed labs once more before they shut down completely. I've acquired some troubling new symptoms n recent months, and Id intended to go over them over a period of time with our doc's successor . . . except now there is no successor, and no practice. And so we got up early today, raced around getting things done and prepped [okay, hobbled; my left knee has been subluxed so badly that I can't straighten it out and I can't put weight on it without falling]. We get there . . . and thye're closed.  No warning, no message, no call or text or e-mail. Somebody had to come in to tape the notice to the door but no one could be bothered . . . ? I'm assuming, at this late date, that that means that we will not GET a final appointment now. So I'm left with no one in the county who can treat my illness, and no way to prep for the long haul.

In other words, I'm fucked.

And I am so fucking tired and discouraged that I can't even summon the energy to get mad like I have a right to be. Everything is shit, and the people who could actually fix any of it are too busy cowering on the one hand and selling us out on the other, and I just don't have any hope for any of it anymore. I've always known that no one is coming to save us, but I never thought most people would be so stupidly nihilist as to think all this is fine. But they are.

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 a couple of other big-ticket things to take care of this month, and that only happens if we make some sales now. And we can still use help with shares, testimonials, wishlist stuff I can't get to yet, etc. To that end, links are here:

• Sales here; 
• Testimonials here; 
• Amazon wishlist here [I'll be adding some new items soon, things we could really use but that I can't justify spending money on right now, like some sheets and towels];
• 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.