MEUNIER LEE on sun 6 nov 11
Stephani,=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AThat 16 minute vimeo was incredibly well done.=3DA0=
You hav=3D
e truly=3D0Achosen well for this latest link on your journey.=3DA0 Your nei=
ghbo=3D
rs=3D0Aare equally fortunate to have you as I am sure they are=3D0Adiscover=
ing.=3D
=3DA0 Continue to keep us informed, please.=3DA0 =3D0A=3DA0=3D0A=3DA0I've a=
ttended seve=3D
ral=3D0Apit-firings and loved my time spent at each one, beginning with=3D0=
AVin=3D
ce's during his workshop at Michael McDowell's near Bellingham,=3D0AWashing=
to=3D
n.=3DA0=3DA0Such=3DA0 an introduction for me to a process I'd never=3D0Ahea=
rd of be=3D
fore..=3DA0 ....=3DA0=3DA0and which evolved to be my first summer=3D0A=3DA0=
under the =3D
spell of=3DA0 pottery! Magical.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AI love that the Cochise firin=
gs began=3D
only five years ago with a=3D0Atrash can firing (a small trash can, later =
re=3D
placed by an ever=3D0Aexpanding pit which to my entranced mind was=3DA0an a=
rt f=3D
orm=3D0Ain itself) .=3DA0 =3D0A=3DA0=3D0AThank you so much for taking the t=
ime to sha=3D
re so generously=3D0Awith your appreciative claybuds.=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AJoyce=
=3D0AIn the =3D
Mojave desert of California U.S.A. where Mojo and Jack=3D0Acan't wait from =
ge=3D
ttin' up time until around 4 p.m. when=3DA0 they=3D0Aare finally rewarded=
=3DA0 by=3D
=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0what we call " Settin' Out and Lookin'=3D0AOut" and we have =
a (regul=3D
ar) dogfood picnic on the small=3D0Aporch which allows us to gaze at the Si=
er=3D
ras.=3DA0 You probably=3D0Aknow that they have five scrub acreage full of c=
otto=3D
ntails and=3D0Ajackrabbits, quail, ravens riding the thermal winds remindfu=
l=3D
=3D0Aof children (and occasional mom) goin' sledding down the=3D0Ahills and=
tre=3D
kking back up to repeat the process until all are=3D0Adepleted of breath&ne=
ed=3D
in' food... in addition to the ninety=3D0Aacres across the dirt road.=3DA0=
=3DA0Ev=3D
en on=3D0Adays when the cairn&westie must come inside to collect me=3D0Ain =
orde=3D
r to return to the same scene that's out there all=3D0Aday long, they conti=
nu=3D
e to prance=3DA0& yip=3DA0=3DA0& nudge my=3D0Acalves, rolling over with exc=
itement =3D
that Our Time=3DA0is=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 =3D0Afinally here=3DA0=3DA0with the=3DA=
0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3D
=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 =3D0Asame ol' Beneful that=3DA0 th=
ey are served whethe=3D
r we dine=3D0Ainside or out......=3DA0 No doubt=3DA0......=3DA0=3DA0a terri=
er's happi=3D
ness is self-=3D0Agenerated ....... and spills over to those who serve them=
.=3D
=3D0A.... for which I am grateful.
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