Monday, October 21, 2013

Canada is DIFFERENT: road trip part TWO

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You see different signs!  "100kmh" for example.  When you are speeding along the "Queen Elizabeth Way" you look down at ...
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Sunday, October 20, 2013

511 miles, 14 hours, 9 green lights: highlights from a mad dash road trip, part ONE

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(while we are gone, LOOKIT THIS!  My beagle is home partying with the babysitter Helen!) The story ENDS with driving home through I...
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Saturday, October 19, 2013

throwing, sculpting, taxi meters

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I have the open house last week and people watch me make the shape for a mug on the wheel (speaking of time = money yesterday, right?) and t...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

being valued and getting paid....

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NO, I do not want to be sounding like a grumpy old man.  I try very hard to be polite and diplomatic. You always want to help out a frie...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

the biggest toy EVER?

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(mugs by Gary Rith) SO, if you make mugs with hippos as handles, how long before you try it with elephants, right?  Good golly this is FU...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

the nature of innovation...?

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OK, bear with me, alright? I was dreaming last night  that I was a medical resident working with researchers who asked me to make something...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

this is LA... (not)

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You will recall the opening lines of Sheryl Crow's song, hmmmm? Was dreaming a minute ago that we were shopping for an apartment in LA...
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Monday, October 14, 2013

everybody was in a BUYING mood....

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You have the open studios where the great multitudes come over and you chat and they eat all the snacks....and leave happily after a quick v...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

the friendly people who...

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I can see the equation must work like this: make cute pots +  people see cute pots = people who see cute pots are REALLY friendly to the p...
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

they come for MY CAT AND DOG.....

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People are funny:  you say "I'm having open studio this weekend!" and they say "Great!  I'll come over next Wednesd...
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Friday, October 11, 2013

utter FAVorites

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Well, at the moment, right?  I love my Godzilla mug so much it sits on the top shelf and I don't use it everyday.  I have only made on...
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Thursday, October 10, 2013

CHILL out in the HOT sun

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Funny way to put it, but true:  when it is warm and sunny you want to CHILL out. There is a lot of work to be done in the studio BUT I work...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

I WISH....

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I get out of bed and check the news:  NOPE.  USA government still closed for business, the redneck republicans still holding their tantrum. ...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

a MIXED bag...

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 People look at this blog, and if you are observant, you probably notice that I usually try to connect ideas and themes in a daily post....
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