Morning Rituals

by | Mar 25, 2011 | About Me, Mugs, Peaceful Meadow

I really enjoy coffee, and, morning coffee is a favorite part of my day.  It isn’t even caffeinated!.  Nonetheless, I have an intricate ritual that celebrates morning coffee.  I start by grinding the beans (of course) and while my coffee pot sings promises of good...

Resources or Distractions

by | Mar 10, 2011 | Teapot, Throwing, Uncategorized, Workshop

There are so many pottery resources.  It is a very generous community –workshops, books, blogs, YouTube Videos, Websites, Galleries, Open Studios, classes, guilds.  So much sharing.  One could get sucked into the vortex of reading/talking/learning about pottery and...

Intentional Pursuit

by | Mar 4, 2011 | How-to, Teapot, Throwing, Uncategorized, Winter Blue, Workshop

“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...

Homemade meals, homemade pots

by | Feb 10, 2011 | Bowls, Dinnerware, Plates, Spring Snow

“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...