Moving On

Well I obviously haven’t posted here in a very long time and wow has my life changed.  If you want to follow my wild and ambitious life visit me here…

Wild and Ambitious Life

best-

j.

Compassion

Compassion is letting experiences in.  More HERE.

In Seven Days…

In seven days M and I will be eating dinner in Ann Arbor and headed to the mainfloor of the Michigan Theatre to see Emmylou Harris, with Buddy Miller and the Red Dirt Boys.  Woot, woot!  I am TOO excited.

One choice changes everything…

I wrote to a friend tonight and said when you meet someone who is sincere, and kind, and smart and well simply lovely.  What you do is hang on and invite them into your life for as long as they are willing to grace you with their presence.

You smile broadly at your good luck, you open your heart and you invite them in.  One lovely moment at a time.

I choose love.

I have chosen to end my serial single girl status – one choice and a whole new world unfolds.

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Like. Her. A. Lot.

…oh and I like Melissa Ferrick too!

All I Want To Do Is Make Art.

All I want to do is make art – I am having so much fun and my hands are finally beginning to catch up with my head.  Here are some photos of what I am calling “Forbidden Fruit” and they are handbuilt stoneware that are then raku fired.  I think I have found my passion – it’s clay and this really hot kiln I am calling Carmen.

She’s back! Honest Scrap

I need to thank my friend Monica at My Montana Blu for giving me the “Honest Scrap” award – my thanks.  I am trying to get back to the habit of blogging.  Now the rules as I understand them include that I am to give you “10 Honest Scraps” so here are 10 random facts about me lately.

1. I am preparing for my FIRST art show – it opens on Tuesday September 22.  (yeah I am excited)

2. I have a kiln full of pieces for the show bisque firing now, I have a box of frames to frame up the other pieces – I have pieces in various stages of drying, to be fired, to be glazed, to go through the raku process.

3. I love my life – I am truely very happy and fulfilled at the moment.  AND I think I have found the secret to keeping things that way.

4. I have met someone on-line that I am kind of keen on, it seems mutual – we have a good foundation of friendship started.  One distinct advantage of long distances.

5. I will be entertaining someone from out of town (yeah, yeah) next week.  She smiles.

6. I’m training for a half marathon that takes place in May, yes really.  My running form is getting better and I am running anywhere from 3-4.5 miles when I go out now.

7. I had a birthday – I am 47 years young.

8. She is 35 …this is the year of the 35 year olds.  When one younger woman does not work out what do you do?  You find someone even younger that’s my motto apparently.

9. Let’s see  – Oh I quit dog walking as I don’t need to dog walk and I have committed to a “studio practice” with my art.  So I am spending many more hours a week making art.  It’s wonderful.

10.  I still love Melissa Ferrick and now I also love Ani DiFranco (you know she just always fell under my radar) well I am seeing her in concert next week (woot, woot) and in the meantime I am listening to all things Ani DiFranco!

Thanks again Monica – I am not going to tag anyone because I’d tag everyone!  So if you are reading and you want an “Honest Scrap Award” well I honestly love you, I do!

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Goodness…long time no post.

Long time without posting but the summer is going really well – and it’s my favorite season.  I am working out quite a bit and have reached some of my fitness goals regarding weight lifting and recently I have started running.  In fact I am enjoying (for the first time) running so much that I have decided to run a half marathon in 2010.  So in May of 2010 I will be running the “Flying Pig Half Marathon” in Cleveland Ohio.

THE KILN IS HERE!  It is too amazing it’s here and I am doing a bisque firing as I type, the kiln is loaded with tiles, forbidden fruit and my queer girl wall plaques – when pieces reach completion I will post some photos.  And everything will be for sale for now it fires – as I don’t hear any popping it seems nothing is exploding.  ( I sort of forgot to poke an air hole in the last batch of forbidden fruit and one exploded…oops).

Beginning September 1 – I will be committing to a dedicated studio practice.  That means I will not be walking dogs anymore and instead I will be in the art studio working.  My classes and consultations are going well enough that I think I can make this work and it will be nice to commit to making art.  Outcome is not important, doing the work, immersing myself in the work is.  And the doggy business – well I had 100 new clients in June/July – so one could say that is going very well.

Oh and I am reading this and I’ll let you know how I like it.  So come comment – what is up in your world?  Enjoying Summer?