NaNoWriMo Fail.d

So, this year, like last year, I really wanted to do National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Every year, November sneaks up on me, like the asshole it is, and I always miss the beginning. Now, that's no surprise - I'm a procrastinator at heart.

However, I've found my solution. Each month, I'm going to make a goal for myself. I'm going to make a goal for writing and stick to it, despite the fact that I rarely keep my personal goals.

December: Write a story in 31 words, one each day.

Small red potatoes in the rich black soil.

Small red potatoes in the rich black soil. Green young trees sucking up the river water. Oranges from Spain. Rain-chute running down the side of the trailer. Islands. Paper mills all the way out in Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania. New banjo from Nashville. calandar from De Smet and Van Diest showing April on the wall, all wrong. Heading North though France for days, but never getting out. Old barn, strange sounds. Gin. Sunlight. Almost broke my own heart down there in Vicksburg. There is always an anchor somewhere. All that was left later was the vision of the two of us crossing the parking lot toward the blazing room off the interstate half an hour past Iowa over on the other side of the Mississippi. These songs are about what made that moment either possible or inevitable, depending on how you look at it.

Some Of My Work

Me in the studio, throwing a huge pot. Hmm. When the 3 of these I made are finally done, I'll post them.

Some Bowls. Eh.

A tall-footed porcelain bowl/big goblet.

A very warped porcelain cup. (Cone 10 Reduction.)

Tuxedo Jar: Stoneware (cone 6 reduction)


Pebble Jar #2: Stoneware, Alberta Black Glaze. (Cone 6 Reduction)

Robot: 12in tall, roughly. Stoneware, glazes (Cone 6 Reduction)

Pebble Jar #1: Stoneware, Makins Porcelain Glaze (Cone 12 Reduction)

Jar #1: Stoneware, Tenmoku & Philly Green Glazes, wax resist. (Cone 6 Reduction)

Two Ginger Pots, and my nephew's leg: Stoneware, Cindy's Matt Blue and Copper Red Green Glazes, Reduction. These are STUNNING in person, but my photo sucks. (Cone 6 Reduction)

DCLMUG Preview: Kaytee's Mug.

Bottle: Stoneware, Tenmoku & Alfred's Gloss White Glazes, (Cone 6 Reduction, light)

Wrapped Slip Jar: Stoneware, teal slip, glaze. (Cone 6 Reduction)

Antler Platters: Stoneware, Glazes... (Cone 6 Reduction)

Some bowls.

Okay, more to come later. Much love, y'all.