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• Today I Yelled At My Dying Mother
  on May 7, 2014 in Personal
  Today I yelled at my dying mother, the one whom I’ve been estranged from most of my life. A couple of weeks ago, I had visited her.  I thought it went well. A few days ago I had talked with her on the phone, and she said she would like it if I’d...
• A Southern Family Reunion With A Gay Cousin
  on Apr 25, 2014 in Personal
  Easter is a time of renewal and transformation. Sadly, my mother has news of her future transformation. I had been blessed with renewal, though. As I sat with my long lost cousins at a recent family gathering on this Easter weekend, I was sitting on...
• Apologies to my neighbors for my scream.
  on Jan 6, 2014 in Personal arctic polar weather frozen pipe scream snake skin snakeskin
  To all of my neighbors, I apologize for my long bloodcurling scream. As you may know, we are experiencing some arctic polar weather. Our hot water pipe in the kitchen was not putting out water when I turned on the faucet. Ok. Assuming it was frozen p...
• Why a female should keep her body image to herself
  on Aug 27, 2013 in Personal
  “Ow!” I exclaimed. “What happened?” my hubby asked with concern. “I needed to unlock the door to take out the trash and dropped the bag of trash. The bag scratched my legs.” ”Not your beautiful legs!” hubby wailed. “Don’t mar your...
• Getting Ready For Christmas 2012
  on Dec 18, 2012 in Personal Christmas present sons
  “Gotta run Mom,” said my youngest.  It was 9 pm, and he wanted to be home when his girlfriend arrived home from work. “Guess I’ll be leaving, too, Mom,” chimed my oldest son who’s still single. I ruefully looked around the disheveled hou...
• Steampunked Badass Elephant -Work in Progress
  on Oct 12, 2012 in Art Pottery badass elephant Borderlands 2 clay sculpture steampunk elephant Throwing clay
  Ok, I may be stretching things a bit, but I think it is pretty Badass-ed. Maybe I’ve been watching my husband play Borderlands 2 a little too much. Created by throwing 4 cylinders, one pot, and one spout. Putting them together, altering them, a...
• Phone Call From Beyond The Grave
  on Oct 10, 2012 in Personal dead dad dead father horn music phone call
  It’s that time of year when ghost stories make the rounds. Many of them are made up.  Here’s a true story that happened to me.  I’ve told only a few close friends until now. But today I feel I’m well enough to tell this story. My father...
• Butterfly Plate Design is Here!
  on Apr 2, 2012 in Pottery
  So I’ve finally come up with a design that I believe is worthy of going public. That’s a good thing, since I now have monthly bills to pay at the nearby clay co-op, Stepping Stone Arts, in Drexel, NC. A few more tests on cups, bowls, etc.
• Cirque du Soleil And The Workbench
  on Jul 1, 2011 in Music CDs Personal Cirque Du Soleil shovel Walter the eccentric workbench
  This morning, like every morning, my husband, Earl, walked the dog. And like every morning, he ran with the dog for a ways. Unlike every other morning, though, Earl miss stepped and took a tumble. As he rolled forward, he fell partly upon Buddy dog.
• Left Handed Juicer Made The Etsy Treasury!
  on May 11, 2011 in Art Pottery
  My last batch of clay that went through the fire came out looking beautiful! I’d listed these pieces in my Etsy store yesterday. I was surprised to get an email today saying that the left handed citrus juicer had been added to an Etsy Treasury!

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