Intentional Pursuit

“You can choose what you do, but you can’t choose what you like to do.”       Grechin Rubin I exercise but I wish I liked to run.  I have tried to like it.  I got better at running for a while but I never developed a love for it.  Sometimes I say I don’t...

Intentional Focus

I really enjoy everything about pottery  (well, cleaning kiln shelves and recycling clay are not at the top of my list).  Since setting up my own studio, I have had to reconcile a few things in my mind – I am a real potter even if I use commercial glazes and fire to...

Homemade meals, homemade pots

“Two other fashions (read: plagues) I’d like to see go away this year are the omnipresence of white plates (someone please have mercy) and cheap, uncomfortable restaurant chairs.  I’d give anything to walk into a restaurant with rich, dark, plush furnishings...

Multiples – overcoming fear

When I began making pottery, it didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed to make a pot several times before I learned to make the pot.  At first, I made multiples to improve.  It was like shooting free throws – the only way to improve was doing it over and...