Monday Photo Meditation: Letting In the Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2015; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a photo meditation for the first Monday in 2016. It's a different way of looking at the forces that press upon us at this season, of managing the brightness of the new year's light without being blinded by its power. 

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As I noted last week, we've switched to a single-image format this year, to conserve resources (mostly my own). The photo is available for purchase in any of the usual three formats; simply inquire via the site's Contact form. And, as always, sales are much needed, so shares of the site links are much appreciated.


All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2016; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

The First Robin

Photo copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved.

Sometimes the old stories were history; sometimes, prophecy.

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New Birds

Photo copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a pair of new birds here to stay with the new year. We look briefly at the backstory of the pop-culture referent, too, a story that changes the whole tenor of the song to which it refers. Taken together, it all inspires a feeling of needing to seize the chance to fly, to reach for the light.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the site's Contact form. And, as always, sales are much needed, so shares of the site links are much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

When Even Winter Weeps

Photo copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved.

Winter begins a child; at maturity, it shares ancestral memory. It feels.




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A Whole New Spirit

Photo copyright  Aji, 2016; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a work that summons the spirit of the day: a time of resolutions and rebirth, and a new chance to catch our dreams. Here, we were given a beautiful gift yesterday, a visitation from powerful spirits of the sun itself, signs and wonders and omens for the future. Today's featured work is the embodiment of those hopes, distilled to wearable dimensions.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Inquiries via the Contact form. And, as always, sales are much needed, so shares of the site links are much appreciated.


All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

From Hunger Road: The Sundog

Photo copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved.

I'm planning on revising Hunger Road into publishable form. It will likely be self-published; this is too close to blood and bone to allow an editor to excise its very identity (and with it, mine). It will be a long process.

For the early days (weeks? more?) of this year, I'll be posting part of that process over at the same site, in the form of short stories. These are parts of the backstory that either need fleshing out or never made it into the initial draft, and they will not be linear in the least: They will cover many generations, and move back and forth between them as easily as the Thunderbird flies. Since much of the history is necessarily fictionalized, with no one from a century and a half ago left to flesh out their own details, I don't always know where a given story will lead. One thing I have learned well is that the ancestors make their wishes known.

When I awakened this morning, I had no idea where I would start this process. I needed wait only for the dawn to have my answer. These are stories from Hunger Road, each of which will, in this format, stand entirely on its own, although it's merely part of the larger history. You can read the first installment (which will likely  not appear anywhere near the beginning, ultimately) here: The Sundog.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2016; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Friday Feature: Emerging Into a New Year's Light

Photo copyright Wings, 2016; all rights reserved.

It's a Friday Feature for New Year's Day at The NDN Silver Blog, with our wish for our clients, friends, and family on this dawn of a new year. The imagery evokes our origin stories, of emergence from the cold dark depths into the light, and it's an especially apt metaphor for this particular morning.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Despite the lack of commercial information in the post, the photo is, of course, available for purchase in any of the usual three formats; simply inquire via the site's Contact form. And because sales are always much needed, shares of the site links are much appreciated.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Wings and Aji, 2016; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.