lili krakowski on thu 15 jan 04
Pat: While you are teaching those little kids to make Viking =
bowls--good luck, good luck-- perhaps telling them a bit eabout what the =
Vikings ate will motivate them. I have found in limited experience with =
kids that food is a great uniter, they all are interested and motivated =
by it, and curious about what people eat, and that making a pinch pot to =
hold grain for porridge motivates more than a mere pinch pot.
As to the elderly, about whom I know more. Old people are submerged =
in stuff they do not use, nor want, and, in fact are eager to get rid =
of. Many is the house auction I've attended where the late Grandma had =
slept under an old quilt, while six brandnew electric blankets, some =
with Christmas gift cards still attached, had been in the closet.
I know several old ladies who of course could wedge--they make bread, =
don't they? and learn to throw....But if they didn't I'd head them =
towards: coil built flower pots, coil built picture or mirror frames, =
tiles with the name of a child on it, for the child to hang on door, or =
tiles with ":everyone's" birthday, or "everyone's" phone number. Many =
of my generation have beautiful penmanship, and would do a gorgeous job.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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