Red Willow Spirit: Ancient Earth, Ancient Power, Ancient Wisdom, Ancient Love

Photo copyright Wings, 2017; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a new series for the new year: Red Willow Spirit. It's a name chosen by Wings himself to reflect the series' broad and wide-ranging content, devoted to indigenous power and spirit through the lens of his own culture and place and identity, here at Red Willow. For our inaugural edition, we look at a little of the earth itself, of the wisdom it contains and the love we can find in it.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. Photos are available for purchase in any of the usual three formats. The other works are mostly sold, but if something of his speaks to you, simply inquire via the site's Contact form; he can create a version uniquely your own. 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, 2017; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Setbacks.

Welp, 2017 is starting off true to what I expect, come noon on January 20th, will be its actual and demonic form. Setbacks today, including one major and very expensive one.

Fortunately, we're able to deal with it. But it's $4,500 I was planning to put toward the septic system, so I'm not especially happy at this moment. Today's events are also likely to necessitate a personnel shake-up, and not in a good way. Like I said, I'm not happy right now. With a lot of things. We are incredibly supportive people — to a fault, actually. But there comes a time when even we have to face the fact that we need to cut our losses and move on.

So obviously we're going to need shares a bit more urgently than I thought. We're okay for now, but that's s big chunk I'm going to have to make up somehow on the back end. Before I get to that, though, I want folks to go over to Lin and Laura's page and hit the share widgets there, and please kick in some scratch if you can. This is the best way to honor Lin's final wishes, and Laura's going to need a lot of support, financial and otherwise.

Now, the link-sharing for us:

• Shares of our YouCaring page via the widgets provided, especially the widget code, which has once again been moved back to the purple box at the lower right-hand side of the page, that produces the image shown just above.
• Shares of Wings's site; sales also fund the construction (indeed, they are the baseline for it). Testimonials help.
• I've added Lowes gift cards to our Amazon wishlist. For folks who'd rather give gift cards than cash, this is far and away the best way to support construction. We're going to have to sink a small fortune into them for fixtures, appliances, flooring, etc., and at the moment, we can actually use the gift cards better than cash.

Thank you to everyone who has gotten us this far in the year just past; for the new year, we have a long way to go, but very soon (as in tomorrow), you'll start seeing new photos of major progress. The windows are being delivered tomorrow; there'll be a lot more work getting done (and undone and redone) at the end of the week and into next week.

Now, once again, I want to direct your attention here (or, for folks at the GOS, here). Lin's spirit is on its journey to where the water meets the light, but Laura will still need our help for a while. Please T/R/share/donate to her fund if you can. Especially that last. It's needed.

Thanks, everyone.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Prodigal

Photo copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved.

She is a prodigal, and that, too, is not of her own making. Shunned for that which gives her life, she has now drifted, or perhaps dove, off-course to this difficult land that sustains the hawks, hawks who, in turn, leave her alone.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Monday Photo Meditation: Pin Your Hopes to Peace. Then Jump.

Photo copyright Wings, 2017; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a photo meditation for the forbidding first Monday of the year. It's a reminder that we can find wisdom and guidance and even hope for peace in the oldest of places, but when the time comes, we also have to be willing to jump.

The post is here. Wings's main page is here. As always, photos are available for purchase in any of the usual three formats; simply inquire via the site's Contact form. Also 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, 2017; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

Hawkland

Photo copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved.

New dawn, new year, new world.

But it’s still the same old world, older than anyone alive today knows.

She knows.

This is her land, after all: Hawkland.




All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

New year, new work, good news . . . and someone else who needs support.

A new calendar year, and the pace remains as fraught as ever — even when the holiday falls on a Sunday. On the plus side, Miskwaki is fine; Shade is beginning to put a little weight on that right hind leg and foot; and Ember is still determinedly with us.

The crew is off tomorrow; too much to do on the first day back, and we're supposed to get more snow besides, although what they keep billing as storms wind up being mostly flurries. On Tuesday, the windows will be delivered, and they'll begin installing them. By next week, Ice's crew theoretically should be well into the upstairs interior work.

We are, for the moment, fine, although we still need consistent shares. I'll get to that in a moment. For now, though, I want to turn everyone's attention to Lin and Laura's YouCaring page. Lin's final wish was that her sister be safe and secure, and we can help make that happen. So please, go here, share the links via all the widgets, and if you can afford to kick in a few bucks (or more than a few) please give. It's important.

Now, the link-sharing for us:

• Shares of our YouCaring page via the widgets provided, especially the widget code, which has once again been moved back to the purple box at the lower right-hand side of the page, that produces the image shown just above.
• Shares of Wings's site; sales also fund the construction (indeed, they are the baseline for it). Testimonials help.
• I've added Lowes gift cards to our Amazon wishlist. For folks who'd rather give gift cards than cash, this is far and away the best way to support construction. We're going to have to sink a small fortune into them for fixtures, appliances, flooring, etc., and at the moment, we can actually use the gift cards better than cash.

Thank you to everyone who has gotten us this far in the year just past; for the new year, we have a long way to go, but very soon (as in this week), you'll start seeing new photos of major progress. 

And once again, I want to direct your attention here (or, for folks at the GOS, here). Lin's spirit is on its journey to where the water meets the light, but Laura will still need our help for a while. Please T/R/share/donate to her fund if you can. Especially that last. It's needed.

Thanks, everybody. Have a beautiful and blessed new year.

All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.

A Prayer for the New Year: Feathers and Light

Photo copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved.

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's Wings's all-new series in miniature: the Feathers and Light Collection. It's a small group of earrings of varying sizes and similar style that embody a prayer for the new year, feathers and light and the gifts of the spirits.

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



All content, including photos and text, are copyright Aji, 2017; all rights reserved. Nothing herein may used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the owner.