The new cuff.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

The new cuff bracelet, completed. I doubt that I'll have it up tonight, but it's truly phenomenal. I'll try, though.

It's been a damn day. I woke up before dawn with my body completely twisted and and my head splitting as a result; went back to bed for a little while, but I had too many joint subluxations [partial dislocations] all over my body, plus that annoying numbness and constriction around my thoracic spine, and there's no sleep at that point anyway.

If you've asked me for something, I'll get to it when I can. I'm sorry, but I can't promise anything more than that. I'm dealing with extreme health/medical issues right now, plus the business, plus household/animals/land, plus taxes, plus a broken door lock and an apparently breaking fridge, plus 1,001 other demands on my time, and I'm not doing well at any of it, because the pain will simply not let go. People are just going to have to deal with me being perpetually late and behind on everything.

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

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything. I'm going to try, again, to get this necklace and the now-TWO new cuffs up tonight, but no promises. The last five months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

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

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

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

#ThrowbackThursday: The Icy Jewel of a Rose Quartz Sunrise

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

It's #TBT at The NDN Silver Blog, with a #ThrowbackThursday work from the end of last year, one that beautifully captured our own conditions here this morning. It's a hair cuff, one of four commissioned simultaneously by a dear friend and a personal favorite of my own, Art Deco silverwork set with the icy jewel of a rose quartz sunrise like the one we had on this last full day of official winter.

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 March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

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

Try, *again*.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

That's the new heart that I should have had posted almost a week ago now. The cuff? even longer. I can't even begin to get to everything I need to do every day.

Everyone thinks I'm ignoring them when it come to the mutual-aid work, but I'm a lot farther behind in my own work than I am in that. People just have no idea the level of need out there, nor the number of folks I'm dealing with at any one time. If you think it's just you? Better multiply that by at least a dozen. Then add on all of my own work, household, animals, taxes, etc. Oh, and all the acute chronic pain and health issues; this is the worst time of year for that, too. I don't get a vacation. I don't get much rest at all.

People are just going to have to deal wit me being perpetually late and behind on everything.

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

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything. I'm going to try, again, to get this necklace and the new cuff up tonight, but no promises. [I also had photos of this necklace last week, but when I downloaded them, I realized that the strand was offset, so I had to take new ones just now to correct for that.] The last five months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

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

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

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

 

A World That Flowers in the Cold First Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work featuring a unique and rare material, illustrating the truth that love flowers from an iron heart. It's a truth at once metaphorical and tangible too, perfect for this season and a world that flowers in the cold first light of day.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

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

Cosmic.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

This one is going to be cosmic. I mean that descriptively; the stones he's using will look like stardust and light, and the stampwork is celestial, too.

A few more days, and it'll be done.

A few more days, and my sanity will be done, too, if I can't catch a break. Still nothing on yesterday's three new hells, but more have been added since. And I don't have time for any of it, for the love of all that's holy. This week has me slammed on so many fronts I can't even think straight. And still, I have to find time to chase sales, because if I don't bring those in, nothing else gets done, either.

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything.I have another cuff to post, hopefully tonight, and the new heart necklace, as well. Both are set with turquoise, both fabulous.  And I've begun reorganizing the site galleries so that the newer work appears first, but it's slow going, mostly because I can't get any uninterrupted time to concentrate on it The last five months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

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

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

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

 

Red Willow Spirit: The Rose-Hued Shimmer of the Sunrise At Thaw

Photo copyright Wings, 2026; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's an edition of Red Willow Spirit for these days that should mark the last dance between winter and spring, but instead beckon summer onward now. It's two of Wings's older film images linked by an all-new work of wearable art, all manifest in the once-common seasonal gift of the rose-hued shimmer of the sunrise at thaw.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. It's March, taxes looming, and we need to get caught up. That begins with a minimum of one sale a week, without fail.

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

Some fresh new hell.

Photo copyright Aji, 2026; all rights reserved.

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

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

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

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

And if I could just make several sales [because we're about six weeks behind where we need to be on the year, already], I'd feel a hell of a lot better about everything.I have another cuff to post, hopefully tonight, and the new heart necklace, as well. Both are set with turquoise, both fabulous.  And I've begun reorganizing the site galleries so that the newer work appears first, but it's slow going, mostly because I can't get any uninterrupted time to concentrate on it The last five months have been this way, nonstop, and I'm still not caught up on housework, taxes, OR sales. Which is not good, because we still have to bring in sales weekly to break even. To that end, links are here:

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

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

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