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Making Progress

Having adjusted my work expectations earlier this week, today I find myself with an entire day in the studio to do a little catching up. I’m not “caught up”, but I’m making progress and that’s all I need right now.On the drying boards...

When Life Gets In The Way

I started out writing about how unexpected things like dealing with family health issues can upset the apple cart of life but then realized it just sounded like whining. Every day we choose how to spend our time and lately I’ve spent more time than I intended on other...

Grrrr

Today I managed to get several custom order plates glazed and ready to fire. Unfortunately, in loading the kiln I lost one of the plates by dropping a shelf post on it. Good thing I made a few extras when I was throwing them. Now I’ll just need to get one of the...

What’s new?

Not much is new around here lately, how about with you?Yesterday morning there was some wonderful hoar’s frost on everything, making the swamp behind the house look like a magical ice kingdom. But then we’re in Minnesota, so it is a magical ice kingdom I...

Notes from a Slacker

Earlier this week, fellow potter & blogger, Michael Kline challenged the makers of clay things to get working early the next day and make twelve things before 12:00 noon. Since this was on Tuesday, I had to wait until yesterday to even attempt this since I was at...