Monday, January 29, 2018

MONDAY

An internet friend of mine who has recently retired, or should I say, semi-retired has started making pottery again after a long career in a field not exactly related to pottery. We have been discussing him setting up a studio, materials and clays needed and what and how he would fire for some time now and he just sent a photo of some of his "new" work. I should take a moment to mention the Jim was a pottery a while back and "followed his bliss" to another profession and has wanted back in to the mud since we first started emailing back and forth a number of years ago. The upshot to our recent emails and photo exchange is how lucky I am that come Monday morning, I am back in the studio making pots, today working in stoneware where I need to get some bowls and several covered jars and lids thrown today. Added to this privilege is that fact that all I need to do is walk down a flight of stairs and through a door and I am right in my studio where I have 24/7/365 access and only occasionally is it too cold or too hot to work in. I can't deny, this makes Mondays a welcome sight.

Neil Diamond; MONDAY, MONDAY