I thought I would go through a few more ceramics and potters in my personal collection after I did John Almeda. Charles Voltz was a French potter who set up shop in the 1950s in the renowned region of Vallauris, famous first for its range of native clays and later for the ceramicists who cameContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: Charles Voltz”
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Field-Trip Fridays/Friday Favorites
Since I’m still recovering from Covid, my big field trip today was to the…wait for it…GROCERY STORE!! Yeah, not gonna write a post on that. So instead, here’s a top-10 list of my favorite cookbooks: Food of the Southwest Indian Nations. I grew up eating some of these dishes but learned a lot of newContinue reading “Field-Trip Fridays/Friday Favorites”
Travelogue
I can’t believe I finally finished this project. I guess that’s what Covid and some nudging from an art buddy (thanks, Nicole!) can do for a girl…. I’ve been meaning for a long time to teach myself to use GarageBand to compose songs, and I’ve also had these video clips I’ve collected over the lastContinue reading “Travelogue”
Drama Queen: Five life lessons from K-dramas
Here’s a non-comprehensive list of valuable things I have learned so far:
Aikido and Rhetoric: The Gymnasium
The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace Hence it is incumbent on us to control the character of our activities, since on the quality of these depends the quality of our dispositions. It is therefore not of small momentContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: The Gymnasium”
Covid Haikus: Day 8
Has that dustbunnyBeen there in the middle ofThe floor this whole time?
Grating Butter
I figured out the grating butter trick the way I figure out almost every hack I have: by being lazy efficient. I keep my butter in the freezer b/c I can’t stand the “refrigerator burn” it gets when it picks up the random smells of the other things in the ‘frig with it. But thatContinue reading “Grating Butter”
Covid Haikus: Days 6 and 7
I am really shockedBy the number of otterVideos online. Greatest inventionsEver: ibuprofen andPseudoephedrine
Covid Haikus: Day 5
Eighteen hours tillThe new Wordle opens. SoNow what do I do?
Covid Haikus: Day 4
A fashionistaI am not, but omicronseems like the new black.
The Rookery 