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Posted video of opening up a bowl with the elbow at my blog site, Had said I would post it a year ago, but didn't make it.

Posted video of opening up a bowl with the elbow at my blog site, Had said I would post it a year ago, but didn't make it.

Getting into the Red Lodge pace of living. Library book sale today. Recycling open Wed. and Sat. $10 bag of select produce or $20 bag of select meat during the first week of the month. Movies show for 2 days. So far I have seen Fantastic Beasts and where to find them, Bourne movie, and Rogue One using my Senior pass.. This is the oldest continual use Theater in Montana. There are a few couch filling in some of the space. Taking one of my dogs to the vet today. H has a bad heart murm...

Made a run to the big city today to stock up for a week on more snow. Matt flies back to Brownsville, Tx for Spring semester. Gee, I wonder if he'll be able to get to the airport after all this snow.

Going to help out with the Adult Ceramics classes on Saturdays for the next 8 weeks at the HS I worked at.

unloaded container tester of everything bu 2 electric kilns. Organizing a forklift to get the big one off the truck. Enjoying now furnish living room with a view and fireplace. Love being here.

Just ordered garage door insulation. It's just too cold out there for my old bones. My heater warms it up a little, but now with the insulation I should be able to stay out there all day again!

Up to my ears in packing peanuts today. I hate peanuts. Actually, "hate" is not a strong enough word.

Away from the house and shop to go hunting with my Dad for the next week or so. I try to spend as much time as I can with him.

Fired a class load last week. Had a larger student sculpture that had been drying for weeks. Had a slow bisque fire program. Everything was going well, until the kiln got around 1000 F. Felt steam coming out of the peep... It was like the engine room scene from Titanic. FULL STOP!!!

I am finding it liberating to get rid of so much I don't need, haven't seen in decades, and will not have room to store in our next house. Much of what doesn't sell will go to Library, charities and the dump.

I had a small article posted in Ceramics Monthly, Tips and Tools page, December 2016. NO big deal but then Whooo Hoo!

packing, sorting and getting ready for a garage sale. 2 trips going to the dump with AC vents that were left in the attic. Sorting through my Spanish pottery collection that I haven't unpacked in 27 years. There is a lot of things I really don't need.

I hate winter, it's dark by 16:30...

feeling liberated. I gave away 5 heavy boxes of decades worth of ceramic magazines to aspiring artists and teachers in the area. Teachers love having magazines i their classrooms!

Posted some pics of my studio reorganization efforts in my gallery

Tool of the day: the back of my spoon.

Cutting a kiln shelf

Any tips applying for ceramic teaching jobs?

Dealing with bursitis right now. . should have known better than to cut in ceilings without breaks for painting rental. Oh well, no clay for a while.

They accepted our offer on the red Lodge house so we're moving' back to Montana! So excited. We'll probably begin the move with studio equipment and then start showing our house. Should be moving by the Spring.YAY!

They accepted our offer on the red Lodge house so we're moving' back to Montana! So excited. We'll probably begin the move with studio equipment and then start showing our house. Should be moving by the Spring.YAY!

This semester I'm starting the transition from Cone 10 reduction to Cone 6...is that like moving to "the dark side"?

Shelly M I have two earthenware pieces already glazed and fired to ^05 that turned out poorly. I want to reglaze and refire them (^05) but don't have any other low fire pieces to put in the kiln. Can I put these two pieces in with my BISQUE fire load of cone 5-6 pieces and fire them to ^05 along with my bisque? Or will the speed (slow) of the bisque fire and the organic matter that burns out of the clay affect the low fire glaze?

posted some of my favorites from the firings of the past week in the heatwave. Very happy with these results. they are in my gallery. July 2016