I spent most of yesterday shirking work and being social (shhhh, don’t tell my boss). I started off meeting a long-time online friend for lunch – we’ve only met in person once before, when she stayed at my house to take the bar exam – and yet online, we’ve known …
First thing this morning, I said “write a blog post! Start the week off right!” but then I remembered I needed to upload social media for the day, so I did that first. Then I was like, “I’ll write a blog post right after I shower!” only then I was …
Today is Uncle Joe’s birthday (we celebrated last night). Tomorrow is my mom’s birthday. And then Tuesday is That Poor Man’s mom’s birthday. Hooray, June! For Christmas last year I got some fun napkins for Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe, because they have parties all the time. I love that …
I have… four pairs of socks on the needles right now. And yet I’m contemplating buying more needles, so I can start on another new pair of socks. Maybe dial the startitus back a bit, eh? But then that does kind of describe most things I do. I am really, …
I finally have a minute to start glazing these mushroom birdfeeders I’ve been sitting on for weeks, and someone requested some kind of Florida blue mushroom… I googled images, and here’s my color palette: I think these are going to be fantastic! Meanwhile, if I can upload a video here… …
I went to see Rocketman with a friend yesterday, and y’all, it was amazing. I mean, the movie itself was beautiful and uplifting and magical… but the experience of going to the movie wasn’t bad, either, and how often can you say that?! I know I’m years behind the rest …
Well, I was right; yesterday’s power outage did hose my kiln firing… so one thing I’ll be working on this week is re-making all of those custom orders and restocks. Yay! Oh! And it looks like I also forgot to put together a WiP graphic, so clearly I am batting …
The heat is melting my brain, y’all. And I was writing a post about how hot it was, and what I’ve been doing the last few days, and then the power went off — between the house AC, the studio AC, me firing the kiln, and then Cetty and Joe …
That’s right! Cats and dogs, living together… mass hysteria! Hahaha. Just kidding (sort of). It’s not a Ghostbusters theme, but it is a Cats and Dogs theme. Do you know how many National/International days there are in August for pets? Specifically cats and dogs? So of course that had to …
A million years ago, when I was in theater school, the last play I did was Sartre’s “No Exit”. (I played Inès , if you’re curious and have some knowledge of the play.) There’s a famous, if often misunderstood, line from that play that I love to this day… “Hell …
It may surprise you to learn that I’m not independently wealthy. I KNOW. How can a woman who makes baby head mugs and writes serialized science fiction not be RAKING IN THE DOUGH?! It’s true. You don’t choose this way of life to get rich quick. Because I ask people …
I’m having a great week, y’all! I don’t know if it’s my new planner, or what, but… I don’t feel overwhelmed with “stuff” this week and I’m getting everything accomplished that I need to. I don’t even know myself, haha! In ceramics, I’ve finished my Patreon ceramics and they are …
So, there I am, working on ideas for the next HaldeCrate… (yes, that is a teaser photo) When all of the sudden, we get the potter’s most favorite thing ever! A kiln explosion! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I’m just kidding. We hate that. Mugs are not as functional as they should be, with …
I call it multitasking. Here’s a typical example… I’m on the treadmill, I’m watching a documentary (Unseen; about a serial killer in Cleveland who had previously spent time in prison as a sex offender and had been let out – deemed “low risk” – and then he went on to …
I can not thank Sharon enough for telling me about the podcast, The Dream. I’ve long been fascinated by pyramid sch— uh, multi-level marketing and this podcast is really well put together and fascinating. If you, too, are curious not just about “what is an MLM” but also… why or …
You’d think, with how addicted I am to planners, I would actually know what day of the week it is. HAHAHAHAHAHAH nope. Speaking of planners, have I told y’all about my new gratitude journals? If you’re anything like me, your Facebook feed is often full of people telling things they’re …
Who likes alliteration? … Uh, I need more coffee. I got nuthin’ so far this morning. Just… a powerful need for more coffee. I thought I’d give you a peek into the studio today. I love behind-the-scenes photos but get easily irked how so many of them – especially on …
Ever since we moved in, there’s been a large turkey oak tree looming over one corner of my studio. You can kind of see it in the background of this photo; the trunk is pretty much right smack in the middle of the photo (look past the mug, past the …
How’s your week going? I’m having one of those weeks where I feel like I’m busy as all get-out, but when I sit down to tell you what I’m doing…. I have a moment of … what am I doing?! I hope I’m not turning into one of those people …
Sharon and Ginny and I finished Babylon 5 a few weeks ago, and literally days before the last episode, it’s like Amazon Prime heard our cries because they advertised that Farscape would be streaming soon. So we were slide right into another one of our favorite shows. We watch first …
Hey, y’all! Let’s talk about the Mug of the Month! Brief recap: I used to throw or handbuild the mug of the month, showing off the process of throwing and adorning and glazing and whatnot, and… the mugs, frankly, didn’t sell as well as I’d like. Then I got busy …
I suppose, as a solo business person, I shouldn’t complain about having help in the studio and office, but… come on, already! I mean, I have to keep moving my keyboard. The other day I pulled a muscle in my neck trying to reach around him to get to it… …
I’m starting to think that instead of a good example, I serve as a horrible warning. But just look at these adorable new tumblers at Chopstix. JUST LOOK AT THEM. Yesterday was a Good Day; hanging out with old friends, day-drinking, celebrating the birthday of my heart’s sister. After all …
While the workaholic part of me always feels a little guilty, there’s nothing I like better than sneaking away from work for part of a day and having lunch with friends. I swear there was also food involved. Sometimes I joke about it but there is a little grain of …
