These are some little things I just felt like making; they were in my last glaze firing (see pics below). The ones with the question are reversible, asking the two complementary questions. "Wake up!" and "Persist" have an iron red glaze on the other sides. I am going to make little stands for the ? ones.

And now for something completely different: this is a picture of the Tamale Pie we had for dinner tonight. No, I didn't take the picture; Bill is the one who loves Tamale Pie and thought this one looked especially good, so he took the photo. Yes, it's rewarding to cook for someone who is appreciative!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU
& HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

Feeling uneasy the last few days...ever since Hurricane Katrina blew in and did so much damage on the Gulf Coast. At first, after dire warnings for New Orleans seemed overstated, newspeople were saying New Orleans managed to come off lucky again. Then the water began rising in the city, and stories of horrible conditions in surrounding areas began to be told. You hear of floating bodies being ignored because it's vital that rescue workers concentrate on finding people who are still alive but need help. I'm sure there are people all over with friends and family in the flooded areas that they haven't heard from, who are are having nightmares about their loved ones being dead, undiscovered and unattended. A lot of heartbreak yet to come.

Well, FINALLY, after a day of intermittently being frustrated trying to get the hang of getting my blog started, I changed templates and everything works! I've already deleted about 4 test messages, etc.

I managed to finish glazing a load of pots and will fire tomorrow.

Just getting started here...

Well, I succeeded in getting my picture uploaded to this post...let's see if anything will show up on the page now. Once this works, I can edit out these posts.